Ovid Lines 36-50 - Translation

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interea totiens haustum cratera repleri

sponte sua per seque vident succrescere vina;

Meanwhile they see the mixing bowl, which had been drained so many times,

Refilled of its own accord and the wine increasing by itself;

attoniti novitate pavent manibusque supinis

concipiunt Baucisque preces timidusque Philemon

et veniam dapibus nullisque paratibus orant.

Astonished by the strangeness of this occurrence, they fear, and with hands facing upwards

Both Baucis and fearful Philemon begin to form prayers

And beg pardon for the feast and lack of preparations.

unicus anser erat, minimae custodia villae,

quem dis hospitibus domini mactare parabant;

There was just one goose, the guardian of the very small house,

Which its guardians were preparing to kill for the gods, their guests;

ille celer penna tardos aetate fatigat

eluditque diu tandemque est visus ad ipsos

confugisse deos. ||

That goose, swift with its wings, wore them out as they were slow with age,

It eluded them for a long time and finally seemed to have fled for refuge

To the gods themselves. ||

|| superi vetuere necari

“di”que “sumus, meritasque luet vicinia poenas

impia” dixerunt; ||

|| The gods forbade it to be killed,

And said, “We are gods, and the irreligious neighbourhood will pay the penalty

It deserves; ||

|| “vobis immunibus huius

esse mali dabitur. ||

|| it will be granted to you to be exempt from

This destruction. ||

|| modo vestra relinquite tecta

ac nostros comitate gradus et in ardua montis

ite simul.” ||

|| Just leave your home

And accompany our steps and go together with us

To the steep part of the mountain.” ||