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This is a Jiuta piece in the Tegotomono style from the Ikuta Ryű school . This piece was composed for koto by Yaezaki Kengyo . This piece was composed for shamisen by Kikuoka Kengyo .

Poem (translated by Tedford, John)
Maeuta:

With passionate yearning, I guide my boat
though chance encounters bring new pain;
In the midst of pleasure,
why such sorrow?
Indeed, when I could be hiding
from view on sheltered shores,
and grow accustomed to the
world of love -
Yet, I drift across the waters
bound to my ship,
Oh, transient and floating world!
It would be best, the cuckoo cries,
to turn back, even now...

TEGOTO

Atouta:

But without direction,
I wander in the white waves,
which gather round
my bed at night,
till restless thoughts of love,
startle me from my dreams.
The wind is chill;
the helm my only pillow.

Fune no Yume appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 32  (Listen)		Sato Chikaki	Yonekawa Toshiko