How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
MATSUO BASHODon’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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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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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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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 moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
MATSUO BASHO