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Common Water Frog (Rana esculenta): photo by Holger Gröschl, 2003
古池や
蛙飛び込む
水の音
The old pond:
A frog jumps in,—
The sound of the water.
Birthplace of Basho Matsuo, Iga Province, Japan: photo by Ultratornio, 2005
Basho (1644-1694): frog haiku, translated by Reginald Horace Blyth (1898-1964)