"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
"Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year's housecleaning."
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Source: Bash? Matsuo, Basho, Asataro Miyamori (2002). “Classic Haiku: An Anthology of Poems by Basho and His Followers”, p.89, Courier Corporation
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