from Act I of the Italian opera Il Rè Pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Role: Agenor, Alexander's friend, in love with Tamyris

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero

Setting: the countryside of Sidon

Synopsis: Agenor is reunited with his love, Tamyris, who has disguised herself as a shepherdess to flee the country. When Agenor meets her, she is angry at him for helping Alexander to overthrow her father and wonders how he can still love her. He responds with this aria, which is Agenor's plea to the stars of love to show her how much he loves her. They have known all the ways of his heart ever since they captured him in the first place.