sad to say

something you say when you are telling someone about something bad that happened

真遗憾，可惜的是

Sad to say, the ring was never found.

真可惜，那枚戒指一直没有找到。

But, sad to say, the only food，they often had to eat, was scraps of bread and broken fruit, they picked up from the street.

但不幸的是，他们能吃到的唯一食物经常是从街上捡来的面包屑和烂水果。