# Old Pond

By Matsuo Bashō.

Japanese original: [Haiku International Association, Bashō collection, poem 15](https://wp.haiku-hia.com/about_haiku/basho300/archives/300-02.html). The original is in the public domain.

Each passage presents Sino-Mini, pinyin, and English.

## 1

古 池，

*gǔ chí，*

Old pond—

## 2

蛙 兮 跳 的 中。

*wā xī tiào de zhōng。*

a frog jumps in;

## 3

水 声。

*shuǐ shēng。*

the sound of water.

Based on poem 15 in the Haiku International Association’s Bashō collection. The Sino-Mini uses the current particles and grammar.