though the sound
of the cascade
long since has ceased
we still hear the murmur
of its name

滝の音は
絶えて久しく
なりぬれど
名こそ流れて
なほ聞えけれ

Fujiwara-no-Kintō's (大納言公任 966-1041) poem (55 of the Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首) was inspired by the gardens.
#百人一首 #Kyoto

though the sound
of the cascade
long since has ceased
we still hear the murmur
of its name

滝の音は
絶えて久しく
なりぬれど
名こそ流れて
なほ聞えけれ

Fujiwara-no-Kintō's (大納言公任 966-1041) poem (55 of the Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首) was inspired by the gardens.