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Kobayashi Issa quotes: Take a napMaking the mountain waterPound the rice.

Take a nap
Making the mountain water
Pound the rice.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: There is no stranger under the cherry tree.

There is no stranger under the cherry tree.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: HereI'm here-the snow falling.

Here
I'm here-
the snow falling.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: A world of grief and painFlowers bloomEven then

A world of grief and pain
Flowers bloom
Even then

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Even in warmestglow how cold my shadow

Even in warmest
glow
how cold my shadow

Kobayashi Issa quotes: O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!

O snail
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly!

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings ... Amble out for love

Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings ... Amble out for love

Kobayashi Issa quotes: All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.

All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Hey sparrowsno pissing on my oldwinter quilt!

Hey sparrows
no pissing on my old
winter quilt!

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Don't weep, insects Lovers, stars themselves,Must part.

Don't weep, insects
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.

What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop worldAnd yet -

This dewdrop world
Is but a dewdrop world
And yet -

Kobayashi Issa quotes: In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees ... Strangers are like friends

In the city fields
Contemplating cherry-trees ...
Strangers are like friends

Kobayashi Issa quotes: On the Death of his Child Dew Evaporates And all our world is dew ... so dear, So fresh, so fleeting

On the Death of his Child Dew Evaporates And all our world is dew ... so dear, So fresh, so fleeting

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it?

Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it?

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Never forget:we walk on hell,gazing at flowers.

Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say.

Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.

Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Don't kill! ... The fly is asking youTo save his lifeBy rubbing his hands together

Don't kill! ...
The fly is asking you
To save his life
By rubbing his hands together

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Where there are humans, You'll find flies,And Buddhas.

Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Before the gate my walking stick's made a river of melting snow

Before the gate
my walking stick's made a river of melting snow

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Giddy grasshopperTake care ... do not leap and crushThese pearls of dewdrop

Giddy grasshopper
Take care ... do not leap and crush
These pearls of dewdrop

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Dry creekglimpsed by lightning

Dry creek
glimpsed
by lightning

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Hi! My little hutIs newly-thatched I see ... Blue morning-glories

Hi! My little hut
Is newly-thatched I see ...
Blue morning-glories

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Summer nighteven the starsare whispering to each other.

Summer night
even the stars
are whispering to each other.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: The world of dewis the world of dew.And yet, and yet

The world of dew
is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Reflectedin the dragonfly's eye --mountains.

Reflected
in the dragonfly's eye --
mountains.

Kobayashi Issa quotes: Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes

Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes