Basta; vincesti: eccoti il foglio. 
Vedi quanto t'adoro ancora, ingrato! 
Con un tuo sguardo solo 
mi togli ogni difesa, e mi disarmi. 
Ed hai cor di tradirmi? E puoi lasciarmi?

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Text Authorship:

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1724, appears in Didone Abbandonata [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Basta, vincesti -- Ah non lasciarmi, nò, bell'idol mio", K. 486a [ soprano, orchestra ]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

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