Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
MATSUO BASHOWinter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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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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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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