YOU SAID:
alas, why become like this?
INTO JAPANESE
悲しいかな、なぜこのようになるのですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Sadly, why is this happening?
INTO JAPANESE
悲しいことに、なぜこれが起こっているのですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Sadly, why is this happening?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.