If I had the knackI'd sing likeCherry flakes falling
Bash Matsuo.
“Not knowing the name of the tree,I stood in the floodof its sweet scent.”
“It is only a barbarous mind that sees other than the flower, merely an animal mind that dreams of other than the moon.”
“On this roadwhere nobody else travelsautumn nightfall.”
“This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds.”
“When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time.A thicket ...”
“Summer grasses,All that remainsOf soldiers' dreams”
“Had I crossed the passSupported by a stick,I would have spared myselfThe fall from the horse.”
“Here is a greedy man who keeps to himselfThe beautiful pears ripe in his garden.”
“stronger than mountains.a place where my heart feels the safest- underneath his shirt.”
“This world has need of song and sword.”
“Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.”
“I've passed up on many a thing that could have made me a big artist or something. Like, I was offered a feature on a Christina Aguilera song and I turned it down. It just wasn't right. She's cool, ...”
