O cricket from your cherry cry No one would ever guess How quickly you must die.
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When I speak My lips feel cold The autumn wind.
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Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, sabi is like this old figure.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.
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