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Matsuo Basho quotes: ChrysanthemumSilence - monk Sips his morning tea. Chrysanthemum
Silence - monk
Sips his morning tea.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Here is a greedy man who keeps to himselfThe beautiful pears ripe in his garden. Here is a greedy man who keeps to himself
The beautiful pears ripe in his garden.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho quotes: A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife. A weathered skeleton
in windy fields of memory,
piercing like a knife.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year's housecleaning. Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year's housecleaning.
Matsuo Basho quotes: I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories. I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Nothing in the cryof cicadas suggests they are about to die Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die
Matsuo Basho quotes: Twilight whippoorwill ... Whistle on, sweet deepener Of dark loneliness Twilight whippoorwill ... Whistle on, sweet deepener Of dark loneliness
Matsuo Basho quotes: I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air. I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem. Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it. Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant. Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Year after yearOn the monkey's face:A monkey's face. Year after year
On the monkey's face:
A monkey's face.
Matsuo Basho quotes: A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors. A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
Matsuo Basho quotes: I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden. I hope to have gathered
To repay your kindness
The willow leaves
Scattered in the garden.
Matsuo Basho quotes: On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening
Matsuo Basho quotes: Ballet in the air ... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate Ballet in the air ... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate
Matsuo Basho quotes: How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers
Matsuo Basho quotes: A bush-warbler,Coming to the verandah-edge,Left its droppingsOn the rice-cakes. A bush-warbler,
Coming to the verandah-edge,
Left its droppings
On the rice-cakes.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count / Festival of the Souls. Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count
/ Festival of the Souls.
Matsuo Basho quotes: All who have achieved excellence in art possess one thing in common; that is, a mind to be one with nature, throughout the seasons. All who have achieved excellence in art possess one thing in common; that is, a mind to be one with nature, throughout the seasons.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white. The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
Matsuo Basho quotes: There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Year by year, the monkey's mask reveals the monkey Year by year, the monkey's mask reveals the monkey
Matsuo Basho quotes: Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops. Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master. The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest. Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Learn the rules, and then forget them. Learn the rules, and then forget them.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Sick while travelingdream of a withered fieldwandering around Sick while traveling
dream of a withered field
wandering around
Matsuo Basho quotes: Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer? Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
Matsuo Basho quotes: Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world? Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?
Matsuo Basho quotes: From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo
Matsuo Basho quotes: He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master. He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Temple of Sumahearing the unblown flute in the deep shade of trees sumadera ya / fukanu fue kiku / koshitayami Temple of Suma
hearing the unblown flute
in the deep shade of trees
sumadera ya / fukanu fue kiku / koshitayami
Matsuo Basho quotes: Old dark sleepy pool ... Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash! Old dark sleepy pool ... Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
Matsuo Basho quotes: For a lovely bowlLet us arrange these flowers ... For there is no rice For a lovely bowl
Let us arrange these flowers ...
For there is no rice
Matsuo Basho quotes: In this world of ours, We eat only to cast out, Sleep only to wake, And what comes after all that Is simply to die at last. In this world of ours,
We eat only to cast out,
Sleep only to wake,
And what comes after all that
Is simply to die at last.
Matsuo Basho quotes: I'm touchedby this chrysanthemumit weathered the typhoon I'm touched
by this chrysanthemum
it weathered the typhoon
Matsuo Basho quotes: Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock. Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon. Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too. Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
Matsuo Basho quotes: It is only a barbarous mind that sees other than the flower, merely an animal mind that dreams of other than the moon. It is only a barbarous mind that sees other than the flower, merely an animal mind that dreams of other than the moon.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Awakened at midnightby the sound of the water jarcracking from the ice Awakened at midnight
by the sound of the water jar
cracking from the ice
Matsuo Basho quotes: The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter. The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon
Matsuo Basho quotes: Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto
Matsuo Basho quotes: The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound. The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The oak tree:not interestedin cherry blossoms. The oak tree:
not interested
in cherry blossoms.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought. Seek not the paths of the ancients;
Seek that which the ancients sought.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine. Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Winter garden,the moon thinned to a thread,insects singing. Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Poverty's child -he starts to grind the rice,and gazes at the moon. Poverty's child -
he starts to grind the rice,
and gazes at the moon.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Had I crossed the passSupported by a stick,I would have spared myselfThe fall from the horse. Had I crossed the pass
Supported by a stick,
I would have spared myself
The fall from the horse.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The moon is brighter since the barn burned. The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water - A deep resonance. Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water - A deep resonance.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself. Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains! Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains!
Matsuo Basho quotes: There 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 There 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
Matsuo Basho quotes: Everyone in this househas gray hair, walks with a cane,visits the graveyard Everyone in this house
has gray hair, walks with a cane,
visits the graveyard
Matsuo Basho quotes: From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall. From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
Matsuo Basho quotes: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A flute with no holes is not a flute.
Matsuo Basho quotes: A warbler singing - somewhere beyond the willow, before the thicket A warbler singing - somewhere beyond the willow, before the thicket
Matsuo Basho quotes: Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River. Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Why so scrawny, cat?Starving for fat fish or mice ... Or backyard love? Why so scrawny, cat?
Starving for fat fish or mice ...
Or backyard love?
Matsuo Basho quotes: Pausing between cloudsthe moon restsin the eyes of its beholders Pausing between clouds
the moon rests
in the eyes of its beholders
Matsuo Basho quotes: Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life. Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of. The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.
Matsuo Basho quotes: There we did begin, Cloisterd in the waterfall, Our summer discipline. There we did begin, Cloisterd in the waterfall, Our summer discipline.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves. Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering. Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves. Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Come, see the true flowers of this pained world. Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Lightningdoesn't leave you enlightened - good to know that Lightning
doesn't leave you enlightened
- good to know that
Matsuo Basho quotes: When I speak My lips feel cold - The autumn wind. When I speak My lips feel cold - The autumn wind.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Ah, it is spring,Great spring it is now,Great, great spring - Ah, Great - Ah, it is spring,
Great spring it is now,
Great, great spring -
Ah, Great -
Matsuo Basho quotes: Traveler's heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire. Traveler's heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
Matsuo Basho quotes: I do not seek to walk in the paths of the wise men of old, I seek what they sought. I do not seek to walk in the paths of the wise men of old, I seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho quotes: If you're an oakyou don't pretendyou are a flower If you're an oak
you don't pretend
you are a flower
Matsuo Basho quotes: Come, butterflyIt's late-We've miles to go together. Come, butterfly
It's late-
We've miles to go together.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The temple bell stopsBut the sound keeps comingout of the flowers The temple bell stops
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers
Matsuo Basho quotes: Between our two livesthere is also the life ofthe cherry blossom. Between our two lives
there is also the life of
the cherry blossom.
Matsuo Basho quotes: This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds. This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds.
Matsuo Basho quotes: This snowy morningThat black crow I hate so much ... But he's so beautiful! This snowy morning
That black crow I hate so much ...
But he's so beautiful!
Matsuo Basho quotes: The River Mogami has drownedFar and deepBeneath its surging wavesThe flaming sun of summer The River Mogami has drowned
Far and deep
Beneath its surging waves
The flaming sun of summer
Matsuo Basho quotes: Year's end still in straw hat and sandals Year's end still in straw hat and sandals
Matsuo Basho quotes: April's air stirs in Willow-leaves ... a butterflyFloats and balances April's air stirs in
Willow-leaves ... a butterfly
Floats and balances
Matsuo Basho quotes: Searching for the scent of the early plum,I found it by the eavesOf a proud storehouse. Searching for the scent
of the early plum,
I found it by the eaves
Of a proud storehouse.
Matsuo Basho quotes: The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being. The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
Matsuo Basho quotes: First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge. First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
Matsuo Basho quotes: With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow. With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
Matsuo Basho quotes: On this roadwhere nobody else travelsautumn nightfall. On this road
where nobody else travels
autumn nightfall.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Year's end, all corners of this floating world, swept. Year's end, all
corners of this
floating world, swept.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Not knowing the name of the tree,I stood in the floodof its sweet scent. Not knowing the name of the tree,
I stood in the flood
of its sweet scent.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn. Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
Matsuo Basho quotes: At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water
Matsuo Basho quotes: O cricket from your cherry cryNo one would ever guessHow quickly you must die. O cricket from your cherry cry
No one would ever guess
How quickly you must die.
Matsuo Basho quotes: Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind. Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
Matsuo Basho quotes: No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it. 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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