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"The Old Pond" by Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō, the poet of this haiku, was a famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is recognized as the greatest master of haiku or hokku. In ‘The Old Pond’, also known as ‘The Ancient Pond’, Bashō plays with the sound of the frog leaping in the old pond and imagery of that ancient place. In traditional Japanese, the haiku reads:
8古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音
Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
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Old pond…
a frog jumps in
water’s sound
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