There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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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.Matsuö Basho
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old seek what they sought.
Matsuö Basho
Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.
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When I speak My lips feel cold The autumn wind.
Matsuö Basho
Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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