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Quotes from Matsuo Bash?

The temple bell stops But the sound keeps coming out of the flowers
~ Matsuo Bash?
Clear cascades!Into the waves scatterBlue pine needles.
~ Matsuo Bash?
On a journey, ill,And over fields all withered, dreamsGo wandering still.
~ Matsuo Bash?
An old pond—A frog leaping in—The sound of water.
~ Matsuo Bash?
The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers…. I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.
~ Matsuo Bash?
A rough sea!Stretched out over SadoThe Milky Way.
~ Matsuo Bash?
When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time. A thicket of summer grass Is all that remains Of the dreams and ambitions Of ancient warriors.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Not knowing the name of the tree, I stood in the flood of its sweet scent.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Moon woke me up nine times —still just 4 a.m.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Days and months are travellers of eternity. So are the years that pass by. Those who steer a boat across the sea, or drive a horse over the earth till they succumb to the weight of years, spend every minute of their lives travelling. There are a great number of ancients, too, who died on the road. I myself have been tempted for a long time by the cloud-moving wind - filled with a strong desire to wander.
~ Matsuo Bash?
The past remains hidden in clouds of memory.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Year after year On the monkey's face: A monkey's face.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Lightning doesn't leave you enlightened —good to know that
~ Matsuo Bash?
Pausing between clouds the moon rests in the eyes of its beholders
~ Matsuo Bash?
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 Bash?
If you're an oak you don't pretend you are a flower
~ Matsuo Bash?
Along this road goes no one, this autumn eve.
~ Matsuo Bash?
On this road where nobody else travels autumn nightfall.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water
~ Matsuo Bash?
At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a poet until I could establish a proud name over others. The alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless.
~ Matsuo Bash?
Cherry blossoms – lights of years past.
~ Matsuo Bash?
???? ?????? ??? The deep Stillness Seeping into the rocks The voice of the Cicadas
~ Matsuo Bash?
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 Bash?
Chrysanthemum Silence - monk Sips his morning tea.
~ Matsuo Bash?