Yosa Buson QUOTES

1 " Calligraphy of geese
against the sky-
the moon seals it. "

2 " In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away. "

― Yosa Buson

3 " You must remain. I must depart.
Two autumns falling in the heart. "

― Yosa Buson

4 " The behavior of the pigeon
is beyond reproach,
but the mountain cuckoo? "

― Yosa Buson , Haiku Master Buson

5 " Printemps qui s'en va
La beauté
Me trahit "

― Yosa Buson

6 " Un cerisier
Boude
Le printemps "

― Yosa Buson , Printemps

7 " Chaque pétale qui tombe
Vieillit
Les branches du prunier "

― Yosa Buson , Printemps

8 " No trail to follow
where the teacher has wandered off-
the end of autumn. "

― Yosa Buson

9 " Of late the nights
are dawning
plum-blossom white. "

― Yosa Buson

10 " Lighting one candle
with another candle-
spring evening "

― Yosa Buson

11 " His Holiness the Abbot
is shitting
in the withered fields "

― Yosa Buson

12 " 草霞み水に声なき日暮かな "

― Yosa Buson