Bashô

O velho tanque -
Uma rã mergulha,
Barulho de água

Rã
Charco
Chapão

(Versão do Lobo)

Into the ancient pond

A frog jumps

Water´s sound!

(Trans. D.T.Suzuki)

An old pond -

The sound

of a diving frog.

(Trans: Kenneth Rexroth)

Old pond

frog leaping

splash

(Trans: Cid Corman)

The old pond

A frog jumps in:

Plop!

(Trans: Alan Watts)

                                                                                                                                           pond

              frog                                                       

                            flop

(Trans: James Kirkup)

Nota1: Nasceu em 1644 e morreu em 1694, meio século de vida de um andarilho zen.
Note1: Born in 1644, he died in 1694. Half a century of a zen wanderer.

Nota 2: Foto do Lobo - Rã em velho tanque no Ribatejo
Note 2: Photo by Lobo - Frog underwater in old pond in Ribatejo