Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
MATSUO BASHOFirst snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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