On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
MATSUO BASHOI hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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