يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
Yaqoolu y a laytanee qaddamtu li h ay a tee He will say, "Oh, would that I had provided beforehand for my life [to come]!"
 - Mohammad Asad
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth some good deeds for this life of mine."
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They will cry, 'I wish I had sent forth 'something good' for my 'true' life.'
 - Mustafa Khattab
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
He will say: "Ah! would that I had sent forth (Good Deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life."
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali