The old pond Basho Furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto 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 Fumiko Saisho The old pond-- a frog jumps in, sound of water. Search for: