Canadian variant of Basho’s Old Pond haiku

Canadian variant of Basho’s Old Pond haiku

the beaver pond... 
a frog leaps -
plop! splash!




To head off criticisms that I should not have said plop! and then ... splash!, think about it. When a small amphibian such as a frog leaps into water, the first sound we hear is plop!... and then splash!

l’étang des castors ...
la grenouille y saute -
plouf ! grand plouf ! 

Richard Vallance

You can compare this with 32 translations of the Old Pond haiku, here:
http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm

autumn haiku d’automne – the street cleaners = les balayeurs

autumn haiku d’automne – the street cleaners = les balayeurs

the street cleaners
sweeping up fallen leaves
splash us with mud



les balayeurs
balayent les feuilles tombées –
ils nous éclaboussent

Richard Vallance

summer haiku d’été – a pelican = un pélican

summer haiku d’été – a pelican = un pélican

a pelican
spearing a fish –
splash in a flash!



un pélican
qui harponne un poisson
en un clin d’oeil !

Richard Vallance

spring haiku de printemps – snowdrops = les perce-neige

spring haiku de printemps – snowdrops = les perce-neige

snowdrops
splashed with rain drops
reduce me to tears



les perce-neige
arrosés par la pluie
me font pleurer

Richard Vallance

photo by / par Richard Vallance

spring haiku de printemps – snail = escargot

spring haiku de printemps – snail =  escargot

raindrop
on a snail, lens
on splashed ferns



goutte de pluie
sur l’escargot, miroir
des fougères mouillées

Richard Vallance