Old Pond
By Matsuo Bashō · Original poem
Sino-Mini · pinyin · English rendering
古 池，
gǔ chí，
Old pond—
蛙 兮 跳 的 中。
wā xī tiào de zhōng。
a frog jumps in;
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.