Bashō Matsuo: Moon

Bashō Matsuo was Japanese poet. Explore interesting quotes on moon.

Bashō Matsuo: 92 quotes18 likes

“Many solemn nights
Blond moon, we stand and marvel…
Sleeping our noons away”

Source: Japanese Haiku

“The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Bashō Matsuo

“Harvest moon:
around the pond I wander
and the night is gone.”

Bashō Matsuo

“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.

“Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing.”

Bashō Matsuo