Zitate von Matsuo Bashō

„Der alte Kirschbaum // blüht; eine Erinnerung // an vergangene Jahre.“

—  Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-Interpretation v. Nino Barbieri.
Original jap.: "姥桜さくや老後の思ひ出 – Ubazakura // saku ya rōgo no // omoiide."

„Alter Weiher // Ein Frosch springt // Wasser platscht.“

—  Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-Interpretation v. Nino Barbieri
Original jap.: "古池や蛙飛び込む水の音- Furu ike ya // kawazu tobikomu // mizu no oto."

„Der Mond und der Schnee. // Ich lebe und betrachte das Schöne. // Das Jahr geht zu Ende.“

—  Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-Interpretation v. Nino Barbieri.
Original jap.: "月雪とのさばりけらし年の暮 - Tsuki yuki to // nosabari kerashi // toshi no kure."

„Schnell ist der Mond // Die Blätter der Bäume // halten den Regen auf.“

—  Matsuo Bashō

Haiku-Interpretation v. Nino Barbieri
Original jap.: "月はやしこずゑはあめを持ちながら- Tsuki hayashi // kozue wa ame wo // mochinagara."

„Between our two lives
there is also the life of
the cherry blossom.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„Dead my old fine hopes
And dry my dreaming but still…
Iris, blue each spring“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Quelle: Japanese Haiku

„Winter solitude-
in a world of one colour
the sound of the wind.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„Many solemn nights
Blond moon, we stand and marvel…
Sleeping our noons away“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Quelle: Japanese Haiku

„Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„kojin no ato wo motomezu,
kojin no motometaru no tokoro wo motome yo“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Seek not the paths of the ancients;
Seek that which the ancients sought.
from 「柴門の辞」"Words by a Brushwood Gate" (also translated as "The Rustic Gate") (Unknown translator)
Statements
Original: (ja) 古人の跡を求めず、
古人の求めたるの所を求めよ。

„Come, butterfly
It's late-
We've miles to go together.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Quelle: On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho

„Who mourns makes grief his master.
Who drinks makes pleasure his master.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Classical Japanese Database, Translation #41 http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/translation/view/41 of a Saga Diary excerpt (Translation: Robert Hass)
Statements
Kontext: It rains during the morning. No visitors today. I feel lonely and amuse myself by writing at random. These are the words:
Who mourns makes grief his master.
Who drinks makes pleasure his master.

„Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.“

—  Bashō Matsuo

„Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.“

—  Bashō Matsuo, buch Oku no Hosomichi

Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior and other writings, Boston, 2000, p. 3 (Translation: Sam Hamill)
Oku no Hosomichi
Variante: The journey itself is my home.

„All Heaven and Earth
Flowered white obliterate…
Snow… unceasing snow“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Quelle: Japanese Haiku

„April's air stirs in
Willow-leaves… a butterfly
Floats and balances“

—  Bashō Matsuo

Quelle: Japanese Haiku