Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
MATSUO BASHOSitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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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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Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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