يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا 
  Y a  waylat a  laytanee lam attakhi th  ful a nan khaleel a  n      Oh, woe is me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!
   - Mohammad Asad
     
Oh! Would that I had never chosen so-and-so for my companion.
   - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
   Woe to me! I wish I had never taken so-and-so as a close friend.
   - Mustafa Khattab
     
Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for    friend!
   - Marmaduke Pickthall
   "Ah! woe is me! would that I had never taken such a one for a    friend!
   - Abdullah Yusuf Ali