The Haiku Form by Joan Giroux

Author:Joan Giroux
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781462913299
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Apart from the fact that "a deep resonance" is not the meaning of mizu no oto, and the original does not mention the silence, this dignified translation does not faithfully convey the lightness of sound of the original. It is rewarding to compare translations by Blyth and Yuasa:

Nothing intimates,

In the voice of the cicada,

How soon it will die.

Hardly a hint

Of their early death

Cicadas singing

In the trees.

Yuasa's use of strong Anglo-Saxon words, notably "hint," is not to be disparaged, but the Latinate polysyllabic "intimates" of Blyth's translation is even better in this case, given the demands of haiku. Here again Yuasa has added something—the phrase "in the trees" does not appear in the original. Other examples of familiar haiku translated by Yuasa are:

The moment you open

Your mouth to speak,

The autumn wind stirs

And chills your lips.

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