This page uses a Java applet to display haiku one line at a time, so you can read it like it was meant to be heard. It would be great if you could find another browser and experience it. Meanwhile, the haiku is:

on the temple bell
has settled, and is fast asleep,
a butterfly


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original in Japanese by Taniguchi Buson

translation copyright © 1958, Harold G. Henderson
An Introduction to Haiku, Doubleday Anchor Books
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