Kobayashi Issa Quotes
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Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.
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There is no stranger under the cherry tree.
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Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.
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Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say.
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In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.
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Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes
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Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it?
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To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy spring. No sooner…
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Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.
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Here I'm here- the snow falling.
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What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.
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The world of dew is the world of dew. And yet, and yet--
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Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.
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Don't kill!... The fly is asking you To save his life By rubbing his hands together
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All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.
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Even in warmest glow how cold my shadow
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Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part.
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In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.
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Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.
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O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!
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