Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
MATSUO BASHODo not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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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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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
MATSUO BASHO