From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
MATSUO BASHOThere 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
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
-
-
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
MATSUO BASHO -
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
MATSUO BASHO -
Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
MATSUO BASHO -
Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
MATSUO BASHO -
At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
MATSUO BASHO -
Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
MATSUO BASHO -
Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
MATSUO BASHO -
First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
MATSUO BASHO -
Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
MATSUO BASHO -
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
MATSUO BASHO -
Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
MATSUO BASHO -
Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
MATSUO BASHO -
When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
MATSUO BASHO -
Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
MATSUO BASHO -
I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
MATSUO BASHO