Chiru hana mo aware to mizu ya isonokami furihatsuru made oshimu kokoro o - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

散る花もあはれと見ずや石上
ふりはつるまで惜しむ心を

Roma-ji: Chiru hana mo aware to mizu ya isonokami furihatsuru made oshimu kokoro o
English Translation: Falling blossoms, will you
not look on it with pity,
as at Isonokami,
this heart that has grieved for you
till I have grown old and worn?
Meaning: Will the falling blossoms not look with pity on this heart, which has mourned them year after year until it has grown old?
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 40

The poet asks that the falling blossoms at least look with pity on a heart that has grieved over flowers every year until old age. The falling flowers and the aging self are overlaid, and the depth of the poet's love for blossoms seeps through.
The author is said to be Fujiwara no Norinaga.

The first line, "falling blossoms," carries the sense of addressing the flowers that scatter.
The second line, "will you not look on it with pity," means please do, and the poem breaks here, with inversion against the last line.
The third line, "Isonokami," is a pillow word for "furu."
The fourth line, "furihatsuru," is a pivot word on "furu," to grow old, and "furu," for blossoms to fall.
The last line, "this heart," is the object of "will you not look" in the second line, placed last by inversion.
Source: Shika Wakashu
Prev Poem: Sakura saku ko no shitamizu wa asakeredo chirishiku hana no fuchi to koso nare
Next Poem: Waga yado no sakura naredomo chiru toki wa kokoro ni e koso makasezarikere