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Furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

-Basho

old pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water

Translated by Jane Reichhold

The old pond
A frog jumped in,
Kerplunk!

Translated by Alan Ginsberg

For 30 more translations plus one commentary go here.

I should also mention that Reichhold’s  Basho The Complete Haiku is the best collection of haiku ever.

My attempt:

an old pond
a frog jumps into
the water sounds".

(http://thewholegardenwillbow.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/basho-the-famous-frog-haiku/)