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The Sound of Water: Matsuo Basho and the Old Pond
- tkgally 2y agoThe poem discussed has been translated many times in many different ways. There’s even a book, by Hiroaki Sato, that collects more than a hundred versions in English [1]. Here are a few: R. H. Blyth The old pond. A frog jumps in— Plop! Clara A. Walsh An old-time pond, from off whose shadowed depth Is heard the splash where some lithe frog leaps in. Inazo Nitobe Into a old pond A frog took a sudden plunge, Then is heard a splash. Harold G. Henderson An ancient pond; Plash of the water When a frog jumps in. Allen Ginsberg The old pond A frog jumped in, Kerplunk! Limerick There once was a curious frog Who sat by a pond on a log And, to see what resulted, In the pond catapulted With a water-noise heard round the bog. [1] https://search.worldcat.org/title/31783352 https://search.worldcat.org/title/31783352
- fuzztester 2y ago>Limerick Speaking of limericks, here is a good one that I read in a nonsense poetry book as a kid; it was called "The Golden Book of Fun and Nonsense". It was meant for kids. The limerick was a little subtle, at least for me at that time, but I figured it out after a bit, and had a good laugh: Into the drinking well Which the plumber built her Aunt Eliza fell We must buy a filter
- squircle 2y agoSee, this is the sort of thing I expect chatgpt/copilot to produce. Instead, I ask for a joke and it returns the most flat-lined humor. Guess I'll have to run my own local models.
- fuzztester 2y agoGadzooks! With ChatGPT et al, we must lower our expectations, instead of having https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations
- jareklupinski 2y agomkdir pond touch pond/frog printf '\a'
- rehto21 2y agoAha! An open trap in broad daylight on the front page of HN. Pond.. Pondering.. Ponderer.. Plop!