• Gohar Ayaz

  Author

• Muhammad Ali Khan

  Author

This paper attempts to explore the original famous frog haiku of Basho and its eleven
counterpart translations in English with an emphasis on both the content and form of the
translations. English, being the target language for these translations is so rich that it can
accommodate the rare words of Japanese language in many different ways and forms. The
translations are analyzed on the basis of their perfection in form and creativity in thought. Each
translation of the frog haiku is compared with the literal meanings of the original one. The
translations are found to be imperfect with tremendous creativity which may be termed as recreation.

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