woe to you!

woe to you!
[wou tu: ju:] mjeri ti!; mjerë ti!
woe is me! [wou is mi:] i mjeri unë!
woe to the vanquished! [wou tu: 'vænkwisht] mjerë të mundurit!

English-Albanian dictionary. 2013.

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