I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
MATSUO BASHOSpring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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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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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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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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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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