Elegy

/ˈɛlədʒi/ noun

A poem or song expressing grief, mourning, or lamentation, especially for someone who has died. More broadly, any reflective work expressing sorrow or loss.

From Greek 'elegeia,' originally referring to a verse written in elegiac meter (alternating long and short lines). The Greeks used this meter for various subjects, but it became particularly associated with mourning and loss.

AMማረፍት
ARمرثية
BNশোকগাথা
CAelegia
CSelegie
DAelegi
DEElegie
ELελεγία
ESelegía
FAمرثیه
FIelegia
FRélégie
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