Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
MATSUO BASHOWhy so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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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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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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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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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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