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

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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)

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