42 Quotes by Kobayashi Issa

What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.

Never forget:we walk on hell,gazing at flowers.

Summer night--even the starsare whispering to each other.

In this worldWe walk on the roof of hellGazing at flowers

This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop worldAnd yet —

before the gate --my walking stick's made a riverof melting snow

長月の　空色袷　きたりけり

In the cherry blossom's shadethere's no such thingas a stranger.

O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!