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Thought folks might get a kick out of this website:
www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/...-frog.htm
It has 31 different translations of one of Basho's haikus. The range is so big, between the various pieces...you can hardly recognize them as being the same poem.
I guess the only way to truly tell is study Japanese!
take care,
Jon
www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/...-frog.htm
It has 31 different translations of one of Basho's haikus. The range is so big, between the various pieces...you can hardly recognize them as being the same poem.
I guess the only way to truly tell is study Japanese!
take care,
Jon
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Re: 31 Different Translations of One Basho Haiku
Wed, June 10, 2009 - 10:35 AMJon, this is so cool! Reading down the page is a meditation in itself.
Thanks for this.
In a way, it makes me think of the film 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould. -
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Re: 31 Different Translations of One Basho Haiku
Thu, June 11, 2009 - 7:43 PMso glad you enjoyed it! (me too!)
here's a neat picture:
a National Geographic photography spread - includes a photo of the trail that Zen haiku poet Basho took around Japan...
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008...raphy -
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Re: 31 Different Translations of One Basho Haiku
Thu, June 11, 2009 - 10:37 PMGorgeous images. Thanks!
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