Kobayashi Issa Quotes

HereI'm here-the snow falling.

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Where there are humans, You'll find flies,And Buddhas.

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before the gate --my walking stick's made a riverof melting snow

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On the Death of his ChildDew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleeting

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Summer night--even the starsare whispering to each other.

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What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.

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Hi! My little hutIs newly-thatched I see...Blue morning-glories

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This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop worldAnd yet —

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Don't kill!...The fly is asking youTo save his lifeBy rubbing his hands together

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In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees...Strangers are like friends

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In the cherry blossom's shadethere's no such thingas a stranger.

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Never forget:we walk on hell,gazing at flowers.

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O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!

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Arise from sleep, old cat,And with great yawns and stretchings...Amble out for love

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