Even with insects - some can sing, some can't. Kobayashi Issa More Quotes by Kobayashi Issa More Quotes From Kobayashi Issa Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part. Kobayashi Issa insectsstarslovers Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains. Kobayashi Issa dragonfliesmountaineye Dry creek glimpsed by lightning Kobayashi Issa creekslightningdry Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel. Kobayashi Issa poppiesquarrelspeace There is no stranger under the cherry tree. Kobayashi Issa cherriesstrangertree Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes Kobayashi Issa plum-blossomsplumsmoon On the Death of his Child Dew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleeting Kobayashi Issa dewour-worldchildren Take a nap Kobayashi Issa napsinspirationalwater Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say. Kobayashi Issa moonspringyears To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy spring. No sooner do they see the light of the world, stretching their longing heads out from the cracks in the snow, than they are instantly nipped off. For these plants isn't the sorrow as deep as that of the child's parents whose child had accidentally died? They say everything in the plant and tree kingdom attains Buddhahood. Then they, too, must have Buddha-nature. Kobayashi Issa springdeathchildren
