Haiku · Nature
The Old Pond (haiku)
by Matsuo Bashō · 1686
an old pond, still —
a frog leaps into water:
the sound of the splash
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Quick facts
- Poem
- The Old Pond (haiku)
- Poet
- Matsuo Bashō
- Published
- 1686
- Length
- 3 lines
- Form
- Haiku
- Themes
- Nature, Short
Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
The source work is historical; this English wording is a QuillOak editorial translation.
- Author record
- Matsuo Bashō1644–1694
- Source record
- QuillOak editorial translationThe Old Pond (haiku), QuillOak English translation of the public-domain source work
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1686
- Translation
- QuillOak editorial desk
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 f85670c4925e0c61…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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