Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
MATSUO BASHOFelling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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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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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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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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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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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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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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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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