Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
MATSUO BASHOI felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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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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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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