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[boywithumbrella]

as an overture to todays japanese culture-literature exam

古池や
蛙とび込む
水の音

©松尾芭蕉

an ancient pond -
in there leaps a frog
the sound of water

©Matsuo Bashō

p.s. Tenjin-sama, please watch over me!

Comments

[libellis]

my favorit-version:

The old pond,
A frog jumps in:
Plop!

Translated by Alan Watts

or...

pond
frog
plop!

Translated by James Kirkup

;)