Laments English fibs, say, being included (7)
I believe the answer is:
elegies
'laments' is the definition.
(I know this)
'english fibs say being included' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'fibs' becomes 'lies' (informal term for lies).
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean for example).
'being included' indicates putting letters inside.
'lies' placed around 'eg' is 'legies'.
'e'+'legies'='ELEGIES'
(Other definitions for elegies that I've seen before include "Laments for the dead" , "Lamenting poems" , "Poems of mourning" , "Mourning songs" .)