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.
MATSUO BASHOFirst snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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