Classical Japanese Database

Text #171.

by #1. Matsuo Bashô (松尾芭蕉)

English title:

Bashô on flowers & moons

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Japanese:

見るところ花にあらずと云ふことなし、
思ふところ月にあらずと云ふことなし。

Romanization:

Miru tokoro hana ni arazu to iu koto nashi,
omou tokoro tsuki ni arazu to iu koto nashi

Translation #172:

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; There is nothing you can think that is not the moon.