I have chosen this particular Haiku because it contains what we would normally term a metaphor. Let us take a closer look. This artificial distinction should provide a better understanding of the different moments of the Haiku. The interaction of these moments is the dynamic of the poem. Moreover Dombrady's translation contains several free additions which, in my opinion, do not correspond to the austere spirit of the Haiku.
Silence falls even as the cicadas cry.
We hear the silence only when the cry of the cicadas ceases. We hear pure silence. Basho, with his consummate art, captured this oneness of motion and stillness in a short poem. The cry suddenly stops, or is suspended, but in stopping seems to continue in the ensuing silence, in fact seems to permeate it. Just as stillness appears to pervade the cicada's cry so the cry of the cicada resounds in the stillness, the stillness is permeated by it.