from Act III of the Italian opera La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi

Role: Ramiro, rejected lover of Arminda

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: male soprano|lyric soprano|lyric mezzo

Setting: the courtyard of Anchises's palace

Synopsis: Arminda tells Ramiro that he has no chance of winning her love and that he should forget him. She leaves him there alone. He sings that, even if she finds another man and even though he is deeply pained, he shall be hers until he dies.