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.
MATSUO BASHOSpring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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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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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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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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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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