ah; "what a
pity"; "too bad"; "how sad".
Dang is a modal expressing personal disappointment or pity; it indicates sympathy or wistfulness. Intervocalic d usually changes to flap r .
It is too bad I have no companion for walking.
Too bad, the ship is now so far away.
Anduh rang eh ngalabba eh halla-na.
How sad, [she] was left behind by her husband.
How sad, her husband left her behind.
Ah, we are merry today. [This statement is made wistfully, as if it were a parting time, or in remembering old times, etc.]