STORY/ SCENARIO: Enveloped in spring heat and floral fragrance, a man surrenders himself completely to the tranquility of his surroundings.

VARIATIONS: This piece has been altered so severely that it arguably bears little resemblance to the original.
- In bar 2 of the main melody, a single syllable (airs) occupies the first two crotchets of the bar. The same occurs in bar 6 (cares).
- In bars 12-15 (-vents/ Mark the merry month of May), the melody in D/P/Pt is replaced by three crotchets, minim, crotchet, minim, crotchet, dotted minim - notes C, D, E, G, F, E, D, C - all sharps.
- Bars 16-18 are harp instrumental, and then the melody restarts with verse 2. The whole piece from bar 19 onwards is deleted.

Perfumed airs
Subdue me all day;
All my cares
Are wafting away!
Heady scents
And few events
Mark the merry month of May.

Flowers bloom
With delicate zone.
Insects zoom
On errands unknown.
Skies of blue
Reply 'Cuckoo!'
As I wander all alone.

Silence fills
And makes my heart whole;
Calmness stills
The strife in my soul!
Mild the clime
At such a time
As all men their maids cajole.

Maid and youth:
How sweetly they sigh!
None, in truth,
Contented as I:
Thus imbued
With solitude,
May meaders gaily by.