How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
MATSUO BASHOThe moon is brighter since the barn burned.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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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 moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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