Quotes from Bash? Matsuo

Not knowing the name of the tree, I stood in the floodof its sweet scent.

Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.

How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers

Hidden and unknown Like the new moon I will live my life

Temple of Suma— hearing the unblown flute in the deep shade of trees sumadera ya / fukanu fue kiku / koshitayami

What is important is to keep our mind high in the world of true understanding, and returning to the world of our daily experience to seek therein the truth of beauty. No mater what we may be doing at a given moment, we must not forget that it has a bearing upon our everlasting self which is poetry.

Spring passes and the birds cry out—tears in the eyes of fishes

Sous la neige, combien de graines cachées attendent le printemps ?

Seduto in silenzio, senza fare nulla, arriva la primavera e l'erba cresce da sola.

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

The journey itself is my home.