Old Pond by Matsuo Basho

Old Pond by Matsuo Basho

Furuike ya 

kawazu tobikomu 

mizu no oto

-Basho

These are some translation of the "Old Pond" 

made by the famous haiku poet Matsuo Basho

Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya, 

ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into) 

mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)

-translation made by: Fumiko Saisho

The old pond--

a frog jumps in,

sound of water.

-transalation made by Robert Hass

Old pond...

a frog jumps in

water's sound.

-transalation made by William J. Higginson

Antic pond--

frantic frog jumps in--

gigantic sound.

-translation made by: Bernard Lionel Einbond 

An old silent pond...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

-translation made by: Harry Behn

There is the old pond!

Lo, into it jumps a frog:

hark, water's music!

-translation made by: John Bryan

The silent old pond

a mirror of ancient calm,

a frog-leaps-in splash.

-translation made by: Dion O'Donnol

old pond

frog leaping

splash

-translation made by: Cid Corman

Old pond 

frogs jumped in 

sound of water.

Translated by Lafcadio Hearn

The old pond is still

a frog leaps right into it

splashing the water

Translated by Earl Miner & Hiroko Odagiri

Into the ancient pond

A frog jumps

Water’s sound!

Translated by D.T. Suzuki

The old pond;

A frog jumps in —

The sound of the water.

Translated by R.H. Blyth

An old pond —

The sound

Of a diving frog.

Translated by Kenneth Rexroth

Pond, there, still and old!

A frog has jumped from the shore.

The splash can be heard.

Translated by Eli Siegel

The old pond, yes, and

A frog-jumping-in-the-

Water’s noise!

Translated by G.S. Fraser

The old pond,

A frog jumps in:

Plop!

Translated by Alan Watts

Breaking the silence

Of an ancient pond,

A frog jumped into water —

A deep resonance.

Translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa

Old Pond by Matsuo Basho