“我希望我能回到那儿（祖国），希望能尽我所能。”阿卜杜拉叹惋不已。

“I wish I were back there, I wish I could help,” Abdullah lamented.

如果从它所要卖掉的友邦的内在活力来看，如此复杂迂回的步骤不禁令人叹惋。

Such convoluted steps are a pity given the underlying strength of what is being sold.

后殖民时代的叹惋或内疚也起到一定作用，尽管这个国家仍未完全适应失去了四分之一世界的现实。

Post-colonial regret, or guilt may play its part in a nation still coming to terms with having lost one quarter of the world.