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hafrogman said:Hiya shroomster.
Yeah. . . it's nearly 2 P.M. here, not so much the morning. Say hi to the hive for me.![]()
Got any frog haiku for us?
Ah ha! I can't believe I forgot! One of the most famous of all haiku was written with a frog in it! Bad fungus! Bad!
Here is the text in Japanese:
Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
Here is a translation (there are many attempts ... this is considered one of the deepest haiku poems ever written by Matsuo Basho):
Breaking the silence
Of an ancient pond,
A frog jumped into water —
A deep resonance.
There's a slew of different translations and curious commentary on it that can be found here:
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm
Enjoy!
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