What is the rain saying through the night 雨聲說些什麼?, undated

2 sheets ; 30 x 21 cm. Holograph with corrections in red. A poem (Note 2)

What is the rain saying through the night?
The lamp upstairs asks
The tree by the window,
And the window tree asks
The car down the lane.

What is the rain saying through the night?
The car down the lane asks
The road to the horizon,
And the horizon road asks
The bridge up the stream.

What is the rain saying through the night?
The bridge up the stream asks
The umbrella in my boyhood,
And the boyhood umbrella asks
The shoes wet in and out.

What is the rain saying through the night?
The shoes wet in and out ask
The frogs croaking all around,
And the croaking frogs ask
The fog closing on all sides

What is it saying all night, the rain?
The closing fog asks
The lamp upstairs;
And the lamp upstairs asks
The man under the lamp;
And the man under the lamp looks up and out and asks:

　Why is it still falling
　From high antiquity till tonight,
From a drizzle to a downpour,
　From the eaves to the ocean shore

I'm asking you, snail-slow-moss,
What is the rain saying through the night?