Alludes to a Saigyo tanka. He is implying that he wishes the dew dropping would clean the sad, unclean world.
My Translation
The dew drip-dripping,
Testing this fleeting life—
This sooty world
Original Japanese
露とくとく試みに浮世すすがばや
Pronunciation
Tsuyu toku-toku
Kokoromi ni ukiyo
Susuga-baya
Literal Translation
Dew dropping-dropping [sound word]
[trial/test/attempt] for [transitory, fleeting life, sad world]
[sooty place / rinse [denoting a wish]]
Year:
2011
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