I Hope To Have Gathered To Repay

The Fact That Saigyo Composed A Poem That Begins, "i Shall Be Unhappy Without Loneliness," Shows That He Made Loneliness His Master.

Breaking The Silence Of An Ancient Pond, A Frog Jumped Into Water - A Deep Resonance.

From The Pine Tree, Learn Of The Pine Tree; And From The Bamboo, Of The Bamboo

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.

Every Moment Of Life Is The Last, Every Poem Is A Death Poem.