Nothing In The Cry Of Cicadas Suggests

Sabi Is The Color Of Haikai. It Is Different From Tranquility. For Example, If An Old Man Dresses Up In Armor And Helmet And Goes To The Battlefield, Or In Colorful Brocade Kimono, Attending (his Lord) At A Banquet, [sabi] Is Like This Old Figure.

Nothing In The Cry Of Cicadas Suggests They Are About To Die

The Moon Is Brighter Since The Barn Burned.

Go To The Object. Leave Your Subjective Preoccupation With Yourself. Do Not Impose Yourself On The Object. Become One With The Object. Plunge Deep Enough Into The Object To See Something Like A Hidden Glimmering There.

I Felt Quite At Home, / As If It Were Mine Sleeping Lazily / In This House Of Fresh Air.