Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
MATSUO BASHOWith every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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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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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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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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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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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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