What does ざる mean in this sentence? 「皇国の危局、朝に夕に一億国民ひとしく忠誠の心いまだ足らざるを慨き悲し
「皇国の危局、朝に夕に一億国民ひとしく忠誠の心いまだ足らざるを慨き悲しむ」
I have tried to translate this, but I'm not quite sure. Does this seem right?
“With the empire in crisis, if one hundred million citizens are not of the same loyal hearts from morning to evening, it is surely lamentable.”

I know the ~ざるを得ない grammar. Is this similar?
Thanks for your help!!!

Question

What does ざる mean in this sentence?  「皇国の危局、朝に夕に一億国民ひとしく忠誠の心いまだ足らざるを慨き悲し
「皇国の危局、朝に夕に一億国民ひとしく忠誠の心いまだ足らざるを慨き悲しむ」
I have tried to translate this, but I'm not quite sure. Does this seem right?
“With the empire in crisis, if one hundred million citizens are not of the same loyal hearts from morning to evening, it is surely lamentable.”

I know the ~ざるを得ない grammar. Is this similar?
Thanks for your help!!!

Answer

ざる is equivalent to verb-ない before a noun in modern Japanese. 
 
足らざるを嘆き悲しむ＝足りない（の）を　嘆き悲しむ
の, a verb nominalizer which is a noun itself,  is omitted in this case.

It's the same ざる in ～ざるを得ない(cannot help but ~ing) .

Answer

足らざる is the archaic form of 足りない, "to lack", "not to have enough~" "insufficient".

ざる is the rentai-kei (連体形) form of ざり, an archaic form of the negative auxiliary verb ない.

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