Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
MATSUO BASHOBefore enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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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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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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