“An ideal translation should, I believe, reproduce the effect of the original, but I have found that the best any translator can even hope for is to reproduce the effect that the originals have had on him. (Preface, vi)” — Harold G. Henderson Copy Share Image
“too much explanation can take the pleasure out of any poetry. (Preface, vii)” — Harold G. Henderson Copy Share Image
“good haiku are full of overtones. The elusiveness that is one of their chief charms comes, not from haziness, but from the fact that… — Harold G. Henderson Copy Share Image
“haiku were not written to be weighed down with commentary. (Buson, p. 103)” — Harold G. Henderson Copy Share Image
“An ideal translation should, I believe, reproduce the effect of the original, but I have found that the best any translator can even hope… — Harold G. Henderson Copy Share Image
