an almost accidental gathering of poets
 
   
 
 
Matsuo Basho
 
(original transcription in Japanese)
furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

1st translation:
An old pond
A frog jumps in -
The sound of water.


2nd translation:
Old pond ...
a frog leaps in
water´s sound


3rd translation:
In the old stone pool
A frogjump:
Splishhhhhh


4th translation:
An old silent pond ...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.


5th translation:
An old pond -
The sound
Of a diving frog.

6th translation:
frog
pond
plop
   
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