A video discussion of haiku origins, kigo, kireji, and Basho's famous frog haiku ( actually called a hokku in Basho's time)
Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
- Basho
Literal Translation
Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)
Translated by William J. Higginson
Old pond...
a frog jumps in
water's sound.
