Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
MATSUO BASHOLearn the rules, and then forget them.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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