Basho’s frog Haiku has been translated by many different authors. I like the translations by Nobuyuki Yuasa, Dorothy Britton and Peter Beilenson. I didn’t choose these translations based on the authors, I chose them based on the content, style and word selection. It is obvious that this poem is easily misunderstood because of all the different translations. Each author translates the Haiku in their own way, yet they all have similar meaning.
I like the translation by Nobuyuki Yuasa because it is more detailed than the other two translations and as a result it gives readers a clearer understanding of the poem. This is a very visual haiku because it starts with the frog interrupting the silence of the pond and ended with noisy splashes that gradually retire into silence. The pond signifies life; it can be associated with the emotions within our existence because water moves in the same way that our feelings change. This translation is similar to the other two translations by Dorothy Britton and Peter Beilenson in a sense that we almost get the same picture when we read them but they differ in the amount of lines used. Nobuyuki Yuasa used four lines while Dorothy Britton and Peter Beilenson both used 3 lines in their translation.
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Unlike Nobuyuki Yuasa who starts off by placing us in suspense, Dorothy introduces the frog to us without delay. As readers we know what a frog is capable of doing and we already suspect what will happen next. I find it very interesting how she starts and ends with an exclamation mark comparing to Peter who uses one exclamation mark in his translation and Nobuyaki who didn’t use any. The exclamation mark indicates a shout in this case. Something exciting has happened and Dorothy wants us to know thus she starts with a shout and ends with a shout. The tone of her translation brings the poem to
This is shown through the tone changing from being disappointed and critical to acceptance and appreciative. The speaker’s friend, who after listening to the speaker’s complaints, says that it seems like she was “a child who had been wanted” (line 12). This statement resonates with the speaker and slowly begins to change her thinking. This is apparent from the following line where the speaker states that “I took the wine against my lips as if my mouth were moving along that valved wall in my mother's body” (line 13 to line 15). The speaker is imagining her mother’s experience while creating her and giving birth to her. In the next several lines the speakers describe what she sees. She expresses that she can see her mother as “she was bearing down, and then breathing from the mask, and then bearing down, pressing me out into the world” (line 15 to line 18). The speaker can finally understand that to her mother the world and life she currently lived weren't enough for her. The imagery in the final lines of this poem list all the things that weren’t enough for the mother. They express that “the moon, the sun, Orion cartwheeling across the dark, not the earth, the sea” (line 19 to 21) none of those things matter to the mother. The only thing that matter was giving birth and having her child. Only then will she be satisfied with her life and
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