The word seems to have meant the unformed embryo,
the way it casts light,
distended reflection.

Or the translation meant:
to backtrack.

The word seems to have been a garment
that closed over the footsteps
of a retreating figure.

A beam led astray, pointing forward,
followed.

Or the translation claimed that what overcame one, literally atop itself,
as incipient shape or movement, would also bend light.