Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die
Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice... Or backyard love?
From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo
On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening
Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.