Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire

Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire ("Have they gone?")

Duet of Mimi and Rodolfo (4th picture). With her swan singing Mimi shows Rodolfo her eternal love, who returns her affection. An comparison of her beauty to dawn is refused by Mimi. In her opinion her beauty is rather like a sunst, an aticipation of her death.