Composed in the conception of the poem in the Baishi Wenji – ‘the sound of rain striking my window in the desolate darkness’.
戀しくは夢にも人を見るべきを窓うつ雨に目をさましつゝ
| koFisiku Fa yume ni mo Fito wo mirubeki wo mado utu ame ni me wo samasitutu |
Longingly, Even in a dream I would see her, but Rain beating ‘gainst my window Keeps me from my sleep… |
Senior Assistant Governor-General Takatō