Saigyō Professions : Poet Born : 1118 Died : 1190 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Saigyō Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining. Saigyō light moon change This place of mine never is entered by humans come for conversation, only by the mute moon's light shafts that slip in between the trees. Saigyō light moon tree Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears. Saigyō gratitude tears overcoming The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom Saigyō cherries crowds faults I'd like to divide myself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flower of every cherry tree. Saigyō flower tree order Tightly held by rocks Through winter, the ice today Begins to come undone: A way-seeker also is the water, Melting, murmuring from the moss. Saigyō rocks ice winter Now seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though it's here and gone. Saigyō envy butterfly flower Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight. Saigyō serenity moon sight Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
