Matsuo Basho Quotes - Page 4

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• Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.

  Matsuo Basho

  Cutting, Two, Individuality

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• Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.

  Matsuo Basho

  Nature, Rocks, Sound

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• Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto

  Matsuo Basho

  Kyoto, Long, Cuckoos

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• First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.

  Matsuo Basho

  Fall, Bridges, Snow

  Matsuo Basho, “First Snow”

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• All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.

  Matsuo Basho

  Moon, Ugly, Bunch

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• Breaking the silence
  Of an ancient pond,
  A frog jumped into water -
  A deep resonance.

  Matsuo Basho

  Water, Silence, Ponds

  "The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches". Book by Matsuo Bashō, 1966.

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• When I speak My lips feel cold - The autumn wind.

  Matsuo Basho

  Fall, Autumn, Wind

  Bash? Matsuo, Basho, Asataro Miyamori (2002). “Classic Haiku: An Anthology of Poems by Basho and His Followers”, p.166, Courier Corporation

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• Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.

  Matsuo Basho

  Moon, Night, Ponds

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• Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life.

  Matsuo Basho

  Life, Bridges, Creepers

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• Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest.

  Matsuo Basho

  Spring, Rain, May

  Matsuo Basho, “Spring Rain”

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• This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.

  Matsuo Basho

  Autumn, Clouds, Bird

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• Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon

  Matsuo Basho

  Cutting, Moon, July

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• Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.

  Matsuo Basho

  Bridges, Rope, Vines

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• Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.

  Matsuo Basho

  Rain, Rivers, Water

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• Year's end still in straw hat and sandals

  Matsuo Basho

  Years, Hats, Ends

  c.1689 On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, no.126 (translated by Lucien Stryk).

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• Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.

  Matsuo Basho

  Autumn, Shells, Clams

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• If I had the knack I'd sing like Cherry flakes falling

  Matsuo Basho

  Fall, Knack, Cherries

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• For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.

  Matsuo Basho

  Flower, Lovely, Bowls

  "Haiku".

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• Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains!

  Matsuo Basho

  Spring, Mountain, World

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• Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.

  Matsuo Basho

  Spring, Rain, Tree

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• Old dark sleepy pool... Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!

  Matsuo Basho

  Dark, Frogs, Unexpected

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• Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?

  Matsuo Basho

  Summer, Farewell, Tears

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• The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound.

  Matsuo Basho

  Water, Sound, Ponds

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• Just washed, How chill The white leeks!

  Matsuo Basho

  White, Vegetables, Justice

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• At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water

  Matsuo Basho

  Water, Sound, Ponds

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