Moon Quotes by Saigyō

Tightly held by rocks Through winter, the ice today Begins to come undone: A way-seeker also is the water, Melting, murmuring from the moss.

— Saigyō

“Returning to where It used to see blossoms, My mind, changed, Will stay on at Yoshino... Home now, and see anew.”

— Saigyo

This place of mine never is entered by humans come for conversation, only by the mute moon's light shafts that slip in between the…

— Saigyō

The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom

— Saigyō

Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining.

— Saigyō

I'd like to divide myself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flower of every cherry tree.

— Saigyō

“Last year, Yoshino, I walked away bending branches To point me to blossoms-- Which now are everywhere and I can Go where I've never…

— Saigyo

Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight.

— Saigyō

“Beyond this life and This world I'll have it til My heart's content: The bright moon that passed over The horizon before I had…

— Saigyo

Now seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though it's here…

— Saigyō

Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears.

— Saigyō

“Today's satori: Such a change of mind would Not exist without My lifelong habit of having My mind immersed in blossoms.”

— Saigyo