This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
MATSUO BASHOBetween our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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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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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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The journey itself is my home.
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