Many people know Basho's famous haiku about the old pond, the jumping frog and the cosmic splash it made. Ajari Tanaka will often create beautiful, spidery renderings of this famous poem when performing calligraphy. During these demonstrations he will translate what he calls Basho's enlightenment haiku as follows:

Old pond,

Jumping frog,

Infinity sound.

Here is an old rendering of Basho's poem by Ajari Tanaka. It was made into a very nice postcard a long time ago.

Enjoy.