Сказали мне, что эта дорога
меня приведёт к океану смерти,
И я с полпути повернула вспять.
С тех пор все тянутся предо мною
кривые, глухие окольные тропы…
(пер. В.Марковой)
***
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.
(unknown translator)
***
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.
(unknown translator)
***
卑怯
その路（みち）をずつと行（ゆ）くと
死の海に落ち込むと教へられ、
中途で引返した私、
卑怯（ひけふ）な利口者（りこうもの）であつた私、
それ以来、私の前には
岐路（えだみち）と 迂路（まはりみち）と
ばかりが続いてゐる。
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