届とどかぬ願ねがい

expression, noun

unfulfilled wish; unreachable desire

A somewhat literary or poetic set phrase for a wish that cannot come true or a desire that remains out of reach. The negative form 届かぬ is an older written-style equivalent of 届かない.

• 彼かの女じょへの想おもいは、もはや届とどかぬ願ねがいとなった。

  My feelings for her have become an unfulfillable wish.