Yosa Buson Quotes & Sayings

In the water bucket a melon and an eggplant nodding to each other — Yosa Buson

Grasses are misty, The waters silent- A tranquil evening. — Yosa Buson

Standing still at dusk
Listen ... in far distances
The song of froglings! — Yosa Buson

In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away. — Yosa Buson

Throw open your window and let the scenery of clouds and sky enter your room. — Yosa Buson

The end of spring- the poet is brooding about editors. — Yosa Buson

The behavior of the pigeon
is beyond reproach,
but the mountain cuckoo? — Yosa Buson

Lighting one candle
from another -
Winter night — Yosa Buson

In my garden I pick a musk melon feeling like a thief — Yosa Buson

White dew- one drop on each thorn — Yosa Buson

In the spring rain, The pond and the river Have become one. — Yosa Buson

Calligraphy of geese
against the sky-
the moon seals it. — Yosa Buson

What you want to acquire, you should dare to acquire by any means. What you want to see, even though it is with difficulty, you should see. You should not let it pass, thinking there will be another chance to see it or acquire it. It is quite unusual to have a second chance to materialize your desire. — Yosa Buson

Of late the nights
are dawning
plum-blossom white. — Yosa Buson

Young leaves The sound of a waterfall Heard from far and near. — Yosa Buson

The spring sea rising and falling, rising and falling all day. — Yosa Buson

The sea at springtime.All day it rises and falls,yes, rises and falls. — Yosa Buson

I came to the flowers; I slept beneath them; this was my leisure. — Yosa Buson

No trail to follow
where the teacher has wandered off-
the end of autumn. — Yosa Buson

In lantern-light My yellow Chrysanthemums Lost all their color — Yosa Buson