There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
MATSUO BASHOOld pond, leap-splash – a frog.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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