Andantino, in A minor, 2/4 time. As the title suggests, this piece evokes a sense of desolation, reminiscent of the path lights in a tea garden at night. It begins with a slow movement, and from measure 8, the music gains momentum with the left-hand's sixteenth-note accompaniment. It is advisable to listen carefully to the movement of the half-note bass line while playing. At measure 13, a dominant seventh chord in C major, the relative major, appears as if a light is illuminated, before settling back into the tonic key. After the diminished seventh sonority in measure 19, a new theme emerges from measure 20. Pay attention to the balance between the sixteenth notes with their repeated ascending and descending patterns in the right hand and the melody in the left hand. The glissando at measure 29 should be played with a sparkling tone, even at p (piano), to avoid sounding heavy. From measure 37, the same melody as at the beginning is repeated. The latter half of the piece builds up with a crescendo, and measures 70-71 seem to answer the 'question' posed by measures 68-69. Finally, the piece concludes quietly with a dim. (diminuendo).