I have been following my dream for thirty years, so dedicating myself to honor is exactly what I have been dreaming of, but as my parents are ill and bedridden, it would be vain to neglect my debt of gratitude and grasp at my dream.'
「三十年来一夢中　捨レ身取レ義夢尚同　双親臥レ病故郷在　取レ義捨レ恩夢共空」（「レ」は漢詩文訓読の返り点）