black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.

Matsuo Basho

Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
MATSUO BASHO

Count Festival Soul Thinking
Learn the rules, and then forget them.
MATSUO BASHO

Forget Inspirational Learning Rule
Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
MATSUO BASHO

Oneself Solitude Sound Wind Winter
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
MATSUO BASHO

Age Float Time World
How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
MATSUO BASHO

Face Flower God Myself See
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.
MATSUO BASHO

Knowledge Learning Leaving Nature Wisdom Yourself
On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
MATSUO BASHO

Autumn Evening
I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
MATSUO BASHO

Eat Fast Glory Morning Myself
Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
MATSUO BASHO

Drop Spring Tree
Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
MATSUO BASHO

Fall Moon Night Tree
Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
MATSUO BASHO

Fruit Imitation Myself
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
MATSUO BASHO

Flower Myself Sound Stop Temple
I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
MATSUO BASHO

Garden Hope Kindness Pay
Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
MATSUO BASHO

Break Deep Frog Resonate Silence Water
Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
MATSUO BASHO

Cat Love Starve
Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
MATSUO BASHO

Home Insect Rain Spring

From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Matsuo Basho Quotes