Composing Letters

Rant under the cut…
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Translations of Bashō's famous haiku(hokku) on an old pond

Amusing There are some really hilarious ones after the cut.

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ふるいけや
かわずとびこむ
みずのおと

From Sato’s One Hundred Frogs

Fumiko Saisho:

fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)

An old pond–
A frog jumps in–
A splash of water.