Yosa Buson Quotes & Sayings

#1. The end of spring- the poet is brooding about editors.

#2. The behavior of the pigeon
is beyond reproach,
but the mountain cuckoo?

#3. Lighting one candle
from another -
Winter night

#4. Of late the nights
are dawning
plum-blossom white.

#5. Standing still at dusk
Listen ... in far distances
The song of froglings!

#6. Grasses are misty, The waters silent- A tranquil evening.

#7. In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away.

#8. Throw open your window and let the scenery of clouds and sky enter your room.

#9. White dew- one drop on each thorn

#10. Calligraphy of geese
against the sky-
the moon seals it.

#11. The sea at springtime.All day it rises and falls,yes, rises and falls.

#12. The spring sea rising and falling, rising and falling all day.

#13. In the spring rain, The pond and the river Have become one.

#14. I came to the flowers; I slept beneath them; this was my leisure.

#15. Young leaves The sound of a waterfall Heard from far and near.

#16. In the water bucket a melon and an eggplant nodding to each other

#17. No trail to follow
where the teacher has wandered off-
the end of autumn.

#18. In my garden I pick a musk melon feeling like a thief

#19. In lantern-light My yellow Chrysanthemums Lost all their color

Yosa Buson Quotes