Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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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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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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