Frog Haiku by Matsuo Bashô

Frog in Devils River (Michigan)

Furu ike ya               
kawazu tobikomu     
mizu no oto 
Matsuo Bashô

Old pond!
frog jumps in
water’s sound
Translated by Robert Aitken

I found an interesting page of 32 translation of this Haiku.

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