And haiku are super short poems, 17 syllable.

俳句是超短诗，有17个音节。

That's what an original haiku is.

这是原创俳句。

Haiku are short poems that are based on syllables and do not rhyme.

俳句是以音节为基础，不押韵短诗。

In today's Everyday Grammar, we will look at the cinquain and the haiku.

在今天《每语法》课程中，我们来看看五行诗和俳句。

I thought it was like a folk song, I thought it was like a haiku.

我认为它像一首民谣，我认为它像一首俳句。

The story's headline and opening paragraph read like some oblique zen haiku; MYSTERY GIRL FOUND.

这个故事标题和开头段落读起来像一些隐晦禅宗俳句；神秘女孩被发现。

Now, you have the structure for two kinds of poems created by using syllables, haiku and a cinquain.

现在，知道了两种用音节创作诗句结构，俳句和五行诗。

Can you distill your life down into a three-line haiku?

能把活提炼成三行俳句吗？

What is that, some kind of Polish haiku?

什么玩意儿 波兰俳句吗?

So, that's just to show how a haiku can be funny, can be a joke.

所以，这只是为了展示俳句如何变得有趣，如何成为一个笑话。

And also, with haiku there is often a philosophical aspect.

而且，对于俳句，通常有哲学一面。

In English, haiku can deal with nature, or they can be about anything, as long as the traditional structure is maintained.

在英语中，俳句可以是关于自然内容，也可以关于任何事物，只要保持传统结构可以。

So, the haiku comes from Japan originally.

所以，俳句最初来自本。

Tell me, does Dr. Thompson seem like a haiku guy to you, or maybe he'd prefer a good limerick?

告诉我，在看来，汤普森博士是不是喜欢俳句，或者他更喜欢打油诗？

So, it's a very simple, straightforward scene, just a description of something in nature, and haiku is often describing something in nature.

所以，这是一个非常简单、直接场景， 只是描述自然界一些东西，而俳句往往是描述自然界一些东西。

So, first of all, I'd like to thank my students, Kuni and Negu, for their help in training me to recite this haiku in Japanese.

所以，首先，我要感谢我学 Kuni 和 Negu，是他们帮助训练我用语背诵这首俳句。

Like a haiku that conjures profound imagery within a strict syllabic constraint, minimalist design, too, can conjure beauty and functionality within its self-imposed constraints.

像俳句在严格音节限制内唤起深刻意象一样，极简主义设计也可以在其自我强加限制内唤起美感和功能性。

Or you can write your idea in a paragraph form or a list, and then fit it to the structure of either a cinquain or a haiku.

或者可以把想法写成段落形式或列表，然后把它放在五行诗或俳句结构中。

Compare her language to a haiku, the ancient Japanese poetic form that emphasizes bursts of brief intensity with just three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

将她语言与俳句进行比较，俳句是一种古老本诗歌形式，仅用五、 七和五个音节三行来强调短暂强度爆发。

Okay, so here is an example of a modern haiku written by my friend Sarah Lawson who has given us her permission to use her poem.

好，这是我朋友莎拉·劳森 (Sarah Lawson) 写一首现代俳句例子， 她允许我们使用她诗。