悲かなしいかな

expression

sadly; alas; it is sad that

A literary or formal expression used to introduce a regrettable fact or situation. Often appears at the beginning of a sentence.

• 悲かなしいかな、その美うつくしい村むらはもう存そん在ざいしない。

  Sadly, that beautiful village no longer exists.

• 悲かなしいかな、彼かれの努ど力りょくは報むくわれなかった。

  Alas, his efforts were not rewarded.