“Arise from sleep, old cat,And with great yawns and stretchings...Amble out for love”

“Don't kill!...The fly is asking youTo save his lifeBy rubbing his hands together”

“Where there are humans, You'll find flies,And Buddhas.”

“O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!”

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

“This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop worldAnd yet —”

“HereI'm here-the snow falling.”

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

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

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

“What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.”