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Quotation by Matsuo Basho
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(untitled haiku) (Winter 1977)(untitled haiku) New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill (1983)Related Subjects
night (7) sun (6) animals (4) love (4) rivers (3) death (3) sea (3) light (3) stars (3) trees (2)
Clouds now and again
give a soul some respite from
moon-gazing—behold.
give a soul some respite from
moon-gazing—behold.
Matsuo Basho (1644–1694), Japanese poet. (untitled haiku), Trans. by Bernard Lionel Einbond, in Cicada I, No. 4 (Winter 1977).
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