Baucis and Philemon - Lines 50-63 - "The house of Baucis and Philemon is turned into a temple"

NOTE: All historic presents have been translated in the present tense, to distinguish them from genuine past tenses, other than that all normal, for my GCSE revision, OCR Latin Literature option B

parent ambo baculisque levati nituntur longo vestigia ponere clivo.

Both obey, and supported by their staffs, they strive to place their footsteps on the long slope.

tantum aberant summo, quantum semel ire sagitta missa potest;

They were about as far away from the top as an arrow, once discharged, can go;

flexere oculos et mersa palude cetera prospiciunt, tantum sua tecta manere.

they turned their eyes and see the rest of the houses submerged by a marsh, and only their house remaining.

dumque ea mirantur, dum deflent fata suorum, illa vetus dominis etiam casa parva duobus vertitur in templum;

And while they were marvelling at these things, while they were weeping for the destruction of their friends, that old house, small even for its two owners, is turned into a temple;

furcas subiere columnae, stramina flavescunt aurataque tecta videntur caelataesque fores adopteraque mamore tellus.

columns replaced the poles, the thatch becomes yellow and a golden roof is seen, doors engraved, and the earth covered with marble.

talia tum placido Saturnius edidit ore: “dicite, iuste senex et femina coniuge iusto digna, quid optetis.”

Then the son of Saturn uttered the following words with calm expression: “Honest old man and woman worthy of an honest husband, tell me what you desire.”

cum Baucide pauca locutus iudicium superis aperit commune Philemon:

Having spoken a few words with Baucis, Philemon reveals their joint decision to the gods: