死水池塘 meaning in English

a stagnant pool

Once i traveled to beijing in summer vacation , and i went to qinghua university to take a look at that beautiful scenery purposely , but i was disappointed , what i could see was just a small pond with stagnant water , there was not any fragrance of lotus at all , and the poetic scenery disappeared
当我去年暑假去北京旅游，特意赶去清华大学想一睹那美景时，我失望了，我看到的，只有一个小小的死水池塘，没有作者描写的飘渺荷香，更没有米自清描写的诗意。