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“Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
―
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
―
“Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.”
―
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.”
―
“O snail
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly!”
―
Climb Mount Fuji
But slowly, slowly!”
―
“Here
I'm here-
the snow falling.”
―
I'm here-
the snow falling.”
―
“Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.”
―
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.”
―
“In the cherry blossom's shade
there's no such thing
as a stranger.”
―
there's no such thing
as a stranger.”
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“In this world
We walk on the roof of hell
Gazing at flowers”
―
We walk on the roof of hell
Gazing at flowers”
―
“Arise from sleep, old cat,
And with great yawns and stretchings...
Amble out for love”
― Japanese Haiku
And with great yawns and stretchings...
Amble out for love”
― Japanese Haiku
“Don't weep, insects --
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part.”
―
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part.”
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“Even in warmest
glow
how cold my shadow”
―
glow
how cold my shadow”
―
“On the Death of his Child
Dew Evaporates
And all our world is dew...so dear,
So fresh, so fleeting”
― Japanese Haiku
Dew Evaporates
And all our world is dew...so dear,
So fresh, so fleeting”
― Japanese Haiku
“All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes.”
―
I keep on
killing mosquitoes.”
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“Reflected
in the dragonfly's eye --
mountains.”
―
in the dragonfly's eye --
mountains.”
―
“before the gate --
my walking stick's made a river
of melting snow”
―
my walking stick's made a river
of melting snow”
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“Don't kill!...
The fly is asking you
To save his life
By rubbing his hands together”
―
The fly is asking you
To save his life
By rubbing his hands together”
―
“This dewdrop world
Is but a dewdrop world
And yet —”
―
Is but a dewdrop world
And yet —”
―
“Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.”
―
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“Don't worry spiders, I keep house casually.”
―
―
“hey sparrows
no pissing on my old
winter quilt!”
―
no pissing on my old
winter quilt!”
―
“Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.”
―
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.”
―
“Dry creek
glimpsed
by lightning”
―
glimpsed
by lightning”
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“A world of grief and pain,
but the flowers bloom
even then”
―
but the flowers bloom
even then”
―
“The children imitating the cormorants,
Are more wonderful
Than the real cormorants”
―
Are more wonderful
Than the real cormorants”
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“Flowers scattering -
The water we thirst for
Far off, in the mist.”
― The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa
The water we thirst for
Far off, in the mist.”
― The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa
