Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
MATSUO BASHOSpring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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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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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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