Old garden lake! / The frog thy depths doth seek, / And sleeping echoes wake. // - Matsuo Bashô [Bashō] (1644 - 94); trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 - 1929)
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古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音 - 松尾芭蕉 (1644 - 94)
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