Перевод (видимо, с русского):
They told me that the road I took
would lead me to the Sea of Death;
and from halfway along I turned back.
And ever since, all the paths I have roamed
were entangled, and crooked, and forsaken.
А это подстрочник:
If to go by that road until the end
To the sea of death you will come I was told
Midway I turned around
being me, weak and rational.
Since then before me
crossroads and
detours only continue.
Отсюда:
https://camelsnose.wordpress.com Оказывается, и в русском, и в английском переводе потерялись ключевые слова.