Koishisa wa sono hitokazu ni arazu tomo miyako o shinobu uchi ni irenamu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

恋しさはその人数にあらずとも
都を偲ぶうちに入れなむ

Roma-ji: Koishisa wa sono hitokazu ni arazu tomo miyako o shinobu uchi ni irenamu
English Translation: Among those you miss,
though I may not be counted
in their number, still
when you long for the capital,
let me be counted in
Meaning: Even if I am not among the people you long for, when you long for the capital, please count me in.
Commentary: Book Six Parting Poems 347

Even if the poet is not among the people the traveler will miss, the poet asks at least to be included when the traveler longs for the capital. Modestly stepping back, the poem still conveys the wish not to be forgotten.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Arisada as the author.
Like poems 344 and 348 in this book, it asks not to be forgotten after the parting.

First line, 'koishisa wa', means as for longing, the traveler's longing for people in the capital.
Second line, 'sono hitokazu ni', means among the number of those people, hitokazu meaning a number of people, or being counted among them.
Third line, 'arazu tomo', means even if I am not, using the concessive supposition tomo.
Fourth line, 'miyako o shinobu', means longing for the capital, singing of the capital like 'the flower capital' in poem 334 and 'toward the capital' in poem 342 in this book.
Final line, 'uchi ni irenamu', means please count me in, using the particle namu that expresses a wish addressed to another.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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