How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
MATSUO BASHONo matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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