Spring Will Come / 8 Haikus | Matsuo Bashō, 1644-94
Paul Klee, Pink Spring in deep Winter
“Between our two lives
there is also the life of
the cherry blossom.”
.
“Come, see the true
flowers
of this pained world.”
.
“If I had the knack
I’d sing like
Cherry flakes falling”
.
“The temple bell stops
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers”
.
“Cherry blossoms
– lights of years past.”
.
“Moonlit plum tree-
wait,
spring will come.”
.
“Don’t touch my plumtree!
Said my friend and saying so…
Broke the branch for me”
.
“Describe plum-blossoms?
Better than my verses…white
Wordless Butterflies”
.
Matsuo Bashō, 1644-94
