does for you.

Nunc quam rem oratum huc veni primum proloquar, 50
post argumentum huius eloquar tragoediae.
quid? contraxistis frontem, quia tragoediam
dixi futuram hanc? deus sum, commutavero.

Now first as to the favour I have come to ask, and then you
shall hear the argument of our tragedy. What? Frowning
because I said this was to be a tragedy? I am a god: I’ll
transform it.

eandem hanc, si voltis, faciam ex tragoedia
comoedia ut sit omnibus isdem vorsibus.
utrum sit an non voltis? sed ego stultior,
quasi nesciam vos velle, qui divos siem.

I’ll convert this same play from tragedy to comedy, if
you like, and never change a line. Do you wish me to do
it, or not? But there! how stupid of me! As if I didn’t
know that you do wish it, when I’m a deity.

teneo quid animi vostri super hac re siet:
faciam ut commixta sit: sit tragicomoedia.
nam me perpetuo facere ut sit comoedia, 60
reges quo veniant et di, non par arbitror.
quid igitur? quoniam his servos quoque partes habet,
faciam sit, proinde ut dixi, tragicomoedia.

I understand your feelings in the matter perfectly. I shall