The old pond:
A frog jumps in,—
The sound of the water.
古池や
蛙飛び込む
水の音
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
蛙飛び込む
水の音
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
Original text (Japanese)
Notes from Wikiquote
Classical Japanese Database, Translation #64 (Translation: Reginald Horace Blyth) | (Translation: Sam Hamill) | Old pond,
leap-splash –
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 –
A deep resonance. | Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, London, 1966, p. 9 (Translation: Nobuyuki Yuasa)