Ovid Lines 26-36 - Translation

The symbol "||" means that it is only part of a line.

interea medias fallunt sermonibus horas

sentrique moram prohibent. ||

Meanwhile, they while away the intervening hours with conversations

And prevent the delay from being realised. ||

|| erat alveus illic

fagineus dura clavo suspensus ab ansa;

|| There was a bathtub there

Made of beech suspended from a nail by a sturdy handle;

is tepidis impletur aquis artusque fovendos

accipit. ||

This is filled with warm water and receives limbs in need of warming.

|| in medio torus est de mollibus ulvis

impositus lecto sponda pedibusque salignis;

In the middle of the house is a mattress of soft sedge

Placed on a bed with a frame and feet made of willow;

vestibus hunc velant quas non nisi tempore festo

sternere consuerant, sed et haec vilisque vetusque

vestis erat, lecto non indignanda saligno.

They cover this with a coverlet which they were not accustomed

To strew over it except at holiday time, but even this coverlet was

Both cheap and old, not to be deemed unworthy of the willow couch.

accubuere dei.

The gods reclined on it.