# terrors along the road

"things along the road that frighten them"

# when the almond tree blossoms

The "almond tree" is a tree that blossoms in the winter with white flowers.

# when grasshoppers drag themselves along

A large, straight-winged insect that has the ability to jump a long way. Here it has gotten old and weak.

# when natural desires fail

"when people no longer desire what they once did naturally"

# Then the man goes to his eternal home

"Then the man goes to the place of the dead forever" or "Then the person dies and never returns to life"

# the mourners go around in the streets

Possible meanings are: that mourners go around in the streets to attend a funeral, or that mourners go around in the streets to the house of the person who is about to die.