All Matsuo Basho Quotes
- Just washed, How chill The white leeks! Chill
- Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon Cut
- With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow. Butterfly
- Old pond, frog jumps in - plop. Frog
- Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. Carrying
- An autumn night - don’t think your life didn’t matter. Autumn
- Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And… Bamboo
- Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves. Cut
- Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant. Bamboo
- The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white. Call
- The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound. Ah
- Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock. Calm
- First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge. Bridge
- Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes… Armor
- Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind. Colour
- This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds. Among
- Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself. Grass
- Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone. Gone
- Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing. February
- Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too. Autumn
- Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it. Beautiful
- Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom. Blossom
- The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age… Age
- The journey itself is my home. Adventure
- Poverty's child - he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon. Child