lament (song); elegy; dirge; sad song
Lamentations (book of the Bible)
戦死者を悼む哀歌が教会に響いた。
A lament mourning the war dead echoed through the church.
哀歌の旋律が聴衆の涙を誘った。
The melody of the elegy moved the audience to tears.
詩人は故郷を失った悲しみを哀歌に詠んだ。
The poet expressed the sorrow of losing his homeland in an elegy.