Bashō Matsuo: Quotes about dreams

Bashō Matsuo was Japanese poet. Explore interesting quotes on dreams.
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“Sick on a journey,
my dreams wander
the withered fields.
Bashō's last poem, written while he was dying of a stomach illness.”

Bashō Matsuo

Sick on a journey –
over parched fields
dreams wander on.
Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, London, 1985, p. 81 (Translation: Lucien Stryk)
Travelling, sick
My dreams roam
On a withered moor.
(Unknown translator)
Individual poems

“Summer grasses,
All that remains
Of soldiers' dreams”

Bashō Matsuo

“The summer grasses—
For many brave warriors
The aftermath of dreams.”

Bashō Matsuo book Oku no Hosomichi

夏草や<br>兵どもが<br>夢の跡 <br class="br">natsukusa ya<br>tsuwamonodomo ga<br>yume no ato <br class="br">Donald Keene, Travelers of a Hundred Ages, New York, 1999, p. 316 (Translation: Donald Keene) <br class="br">The summer grasses—<br>Of brave soldiers&#x27; dreams<br>The aftermath. <br class="br">Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to Oku, Tokyo, 1996, p. 87 (Translation: Donald Keene) <br class="br">Also: Classical Japanese Database, Translation #222 http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/translation/view/222 <br class="br">Oku no Hosomichi

“Sick on a journey,
my dreams wander
the withered fields.”

Bashō Matsuo

旅に病で
夢は枯野を
かけ廻る
tabi ni yande
yume wa kareno wo
kake-meguru
Bashō's last poem, written while he was dying of a stomach illness. (Translation: Robert Hass)
Sick on a journey &ndash;
over parched fields
dreams wander on.
Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, London, 1985, p. 81 (Translation: Lucien Stryk)
Travelling, sick
My dreams roam
On a withered moor.
Unknown translator
Individual poems