And into the slow, second movement, marked "adagio religioso," he incorporated the sounds of birdsong that he heard outside his window in what he knew would be his last spring; he was imagining a future for her in which he would play no part.
Und in den langsamen zweiten Satz, "Adagio religioso", hatte er die Laute eines Singvogels eingebaut, den er draußen vor seinem Fenster gehört hatte, wohlwissend, dass dies sein letzter Frühling war. Er stellte sich eine Zukunft für Ditta