The Most Famous Haiku
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The most discussed Basho haiku How would you translate it?
Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
- Basho
Literal Translation
Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)
my two cents
old pond
leaping frog
splash! (alternatively ripples*)
*perhaps better from an imagist viewpoint!
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