Met. 2.633Sēmifer intereā dīvīnae stirpis alumnō
laetus erat mīxtōque onerī gaudēbat honōre.Meanwhile the half-beast was glad of his foster-child of divine stock, and rejoiced in the honour mixed with the burden. Met. 2.635Ecce venit rutilīs umerōs prōtēcta capillīs
fīlia Centaurī, quam quondam nympha Chariclō
flūminis in rapidī rīpīs ēnīxa vocāvit
Ōcyroēn.Look, there comes the Centaur's daughter, her shoulders covered with ruddy hair, whom the nymph Chariclo once bore on the banks of a swift river and called Ocyroe. Met. 2.638Nōn haec artēs contenta paternās
ēdidicisse fuit: fātōrum arcāna canēbat.She was not content to have learned her father's arts: she used to sing the secrets of the fates. Met. 2.640Ergō ubi vāticinōs concēpit mente furōrēs
incaluitque deō, quem clausum pectore habēbat,
adspicit īnfantem "tōtō" que "salūtifer orbī
crēsce puer" dīxit: "tibi sē mortālia saepe
corpora dēbēbunt;So when she had conceived the prophetic frenzy in her mind and grown hot with the god whom she held shut in her breast, she looks at the infant and said, 'Grow, child, bringer of health to the whole world: mortal bodies will often owe themselves to you; Met. 2.644animās tibi reddere adēmptās
645fās erit;it will be your right to restore souls that have been taken away; Met. 2.645idque semel dīs indignantibus ausus
posse dare hoc iterum flammā prohibēbere avītā
ēque deō corpus fīēs exsangue, deusque,
quī modo corpus erās, et bis tua fāta novābis.and having dared this once, to the gods' indignation, you will be prevented by your grandsire's flame from having the power to grant it again, and from a god you will become a bloodless body, and then a god, you who were lately a body, and twice you will renew your fate.
Met. 2.649Tū quoque, cāre pater, nunc inmortālis et aevīs
650omnibus ut maneās nāscendī lēge creātus,
posse morī cupiēs, tum cum cruciābere dīrae
sanguine serpentis per saucia membra receptō;You too, dear father, now immortal and created by the law of your birth to endure through all the ages, will long to be able to die, at the time when you are tormented by the blood of the dread serpent received through your wounded limbs; Met. 2.653tēque ex aeternō patientem nūmina mortis
efficient, triplicēsque deae tua fīla resolvent."and from eternal the gods will make you able to suffer death, and the three goddesses will unravel your threads.' Met. 2.655Restābat fātīs aliquid.Something more of the fates remained. Met. 2.655Suspīrat ab īmīs
pectoribus, lacrimaeque genīs lābuntur obortae,
atque ita "praevertunt" inquit "mē fāta, vetorque
plūra loquī, vōcisque meae praeclūditur ūsus.She sighs from the depths of her breast, and tears well up and glide down her cheeks, and she says thus: 'The fates forestall me, and I am forbidden to say more, and the use of my voice is shut off.
Met. 2.659Nōn fuerant artēs tantī, quae nūminis īram
660contrāxēre mihi;My arts were not worth so much, since they have brought on me the anger of a divinity; Met. 2.660māllem nescīsse futūra.I would rather not have known the future. Met. 2.661Iam mihi subdūcī faciēs hūmāna vidētur,
iam cibus herba placet, iam lātīs currere campīs
impetus est: in equam cognātaque corpora vertor.Now human form seems to be withdrawn from me, now grass pleases me as food, now I have an urge to run over the wide plains: I am turning into a mare, into a body akin to mine. Met. 2.664Tōta tamen quārē?But why entirely? Met. 2.664pater est mihi nempe biformis."My father, after all, is two-formed.' Met. 2.665Tālia dīcentī pars est extrēma querellae
intellēcta parum, cōnfūsaque verba fuērunt.As she said such things, the last part of her complaint was scarcely understood, and her words were confused. Met. 2.667Mox nec verba quidem nec equae sonus ille vidētur,
sed simulantis equam, parvōque in tempore certōs
ēdidit hinnītūs et bracchia mōvit in herbās.Soon they seem neither words nor even the sound of a mare, but of one imitating a mare, and in a short time she gave out clear neighs and moved her arms down into the grass.
Met. 2.670Tum digitī coeunt et quīnōs adligat unguēs
perpetuō cornū levis ungula, crēscit et ōris
et collī spatium, longae pars maxima pallae
cauda fit, utque vagī crīnēs per colla iacēbant,
in dextrās abiēre iubās: pariterque novāta est
675et vōx et faciēs nōmen quoque mōnstra dedēre.Then her fingers join, and a light hoof binds her five nails together in continuous horn, the length of her mouth and neck grows, the greatest part of her long robe becomes a tail, and the loose hair that lay over her neck turned into manes on the right side: and her voice and her appearance were renewed alike; the marvels gave her a name too.