lament
n. countablen. an expression of great sadness or disappointment about something. It can be a song, a poem, or just a spoken complaint about a loss.
n. an expression of grief or sorrow, often taking a formal or literary form such as a poem or song. Frequently used to describe a passionate expression of regret or disappointment regarding a lost state or object.
The poem is a sad lament for his lost youth.
The old man's song was a moving lament for the traditions that were slowly disappearing from his village.
The book serves as a poignant lament for the industrial era, capturing the profound sense of loss felt by a community whose identity was tied to the now-silent factories.
A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.
Often followed by the preposition 'for' or 'over'.