Bashō Matsuo: Flower

Bashō Matsuo was Japanese poet. Explore interesting quotes on flower.
Bashō Matsuo: 92   quotes 17   likes

“Come, see the true
flowers
of this pained world.”

Bashō Matsuo

Source: On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho

Pain , World , Flowers

“How I long to see
among dawn flowers,
the face of God.”

Bashō Matsuo

Source: Haiku

God , Flowers

“There is nothing you can see that is not a flower;
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon.”

Bashō Matsuo

見るところ花にあらずと云ふことなし、
思ふところ月にあらずと云ふことなし。
Miru tokoro hana ni arazu to iu koto nashi,
omou tokoro tsuki ni arazu to iu koto nashi
Classical Japanese Database, Translation #172 http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/translation/view/172 (Translation: Reginald Horace Blyth)
Statements
Variant: There is nothing you can see that is not a flower;
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Flowers , Thinking