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I'm looking for samurai quotes, sentences or a short text. I also want it to be written in old Japanese way, samurais writing. With old words and word order etc (e.g 和紙とこめと).
This is actually a well known haiku, but it maybe gives some ideas of what I'm looking for. But I'm looking for longer texts than haiku's though.
夏草や
強者でもが
夢のあと
 
hm, that's sounds interesting. I will check out that book. However the other link seems to not work. (?)
I also found a name: 平家物語, have you heard of it ?
 
Probably most of all Japanese know it.;-) The story of the end of aristocracy and the beginning of samurai's era.

祇園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響きあり。
沙羅双樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理を顕す。
奢れる者も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢の如し。。。

I was forced to remember the opening sentences of the tale in a classic literature class in high school, and incredibly still remember it even now.
 
I am looking for an old samurai saying, that goes something like this: ,,If You start crying, look up at the sky, so that Your tears don't get dirty". Can somebody help me find it? Thanks a lot
 
I found it, written in Japanese, but I don't know if I'm going to write it the right way, and it would be nice if someone would help me with the phrase, so that I can help someone else... Thanks for Your help
Okura ya yo ino ekonija daka yayo (or jajo) nino
 
I'm afraid that that doesn't make sense at all.
 
O.K. Sorry for bothering You, and thanks for Your help, I was also worried that it might be wrong, but still... The friend I was searching the translation for is so persistent, I couldn't refuse to help her, and so I entered a lot of forums like this in order to help her. But, I got similar answers elsewhere, so, I'll have to disappoint her, and tell her that this is a wrong sentence... Thanks again, see Ya next time
 
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