from Act III of the Czech opera The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana

Libretto: Karel Sabina

Role: Vasek, son of Micha and Hata

Voice Part: tenor

Setting: spring in a Bohemian village, Bohemia

Synopsis: Vasek is upset because he cannot find the wonderful girl that he met earlier. She advised him against marrying Marenka, the wife that had been chosen for him, telling him that there is another girl that would be better for him. However, Vasek finds that he is obsessed with the unknown girl to the point where he cannot think of anything else. He does not know that the girl he talked to was actually Marenka.