وببطء الخطوة الثانية أسميت "أداغيو ريليجيوسو" ضمنها بأصوات تغريد الطيور التي سمعها خارج شباك غرفته فيما كان يعلم أنه آخر ربيع له كان يتخيل حياتها المستقليه دونه
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.