“The old pond:
A frog jumps in,—
The sound of the water.”

— Bashō Matsuo, Frog Poem

古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音 furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto Classical Japanese Database, Translation #64 http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/translation/view/64 (Translation: Reginald Horace Blyth) At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water Translation: Sam Hamill Old pond, leap-splash &ndash; a frog. Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, London, 1985, p. 58 (Translation: Lucien Stryk) Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water &ndash; A deep resonance. Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, London, 1966, p. 9 (Translation: Nobuyuki Yuasa) Individual poems

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“The old pond:
A frog jumps in,—
The sound of the water.”