Toshi fu tomo Koshi no Shirayama wasurezu wa kashira no yuki o aware tomo mi yo - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

年経とも越の白山忘れずは
頭の雪をあはれとも見よ

Roma-ji: Toshi fu tomo Koshi no Shirayama wasurezu wa kashira no yuki o aware tomo mi yo
English Translation: Though years have passed by,
if you have not forgotten
Koshi's White Mountain,
look upon the snow on my head
and take pity on me.
Meaning: Though the years go by, if you have not forgotten my visit to the White Mountain of Koshi, look with pity on the snow that crowns my head.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Poems on the Gods 1912

Headnote: "Composed at the Guest Shrine of Hiyoshi, recalling his visit to Mount Shirayama when he was Governor of Kaga."
This is a poem on the god of Mount Shirayama. If the god has not forgotten his visit to the White Mountain of Koshi, though years have passed, the poet asks the god to look with pity on his whitened head. According to the headnote, he composed it at the Guest Shrine of Hiyoshi, recalling that he had visited Mount Shirayama when he was Governor of Kaga. Pleading his old age to the god, he asks for compassion for the sake of their former bond.
The author, "Sakyō no Daibu Akisuke," Master of the Western Capital Office, is Fujiwara no Akisuke. A son of Fujiwara no Akisue, he compiled the Shika Wakashū at the command of Retired Emperor Sutoku.
Mount Shirayama is a sacred mountain spanning Kaga and neighboring provinces, celebrated in poetry as a snow-crowned peak. The Guest Shrine of Hiyoshi is a shrine that received and enshrined the god of Shirayama.

The first line, "toshi fu tomo," means "though the years pass."
The second line, "Koshi no Shirayama," is the White Mountain in the land of Koshi in the north.
The third line, "wasurezu wa," means "if you do not forget," the continuative form of the negative "zu" with the particle "wa" expressing a supposition.
The fourth line, "kashira no yuki o," means "the snow on my head," that is, white hair. Through the association with the snow-crowned White Mountain, white hair is likened to snow.
The last line, "aware tomo mi yo," means "look on it with pity," a plea to the god in the imperative. From Kumano in the preceding poems, it moves to the god of Shirayama enshrined at Hiyoshi.
Author: Fujiwara no Akisuke
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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