Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
MATSUO BASHOHow much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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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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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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