Yosa Buson Quotes

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

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

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#3. Lighting one candle
from another -
Winter night

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

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

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

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

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

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#9. White dew- one drop on each thorn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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