I was trying to translate a song (full lyrics here:
<https://www5.atwiki.jp/hmiku/sp/pages/39203.html>) and this one line confused
me, primarily because of its lack of main verb.

> 過行く時の中 握る手が解けた
>
> 立ち止まった君の眼差し 歪んだトキ 走る鼓動
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> In the midst of the ticking time, our grasped hands came apart,
>
> The gaze of you, who stopped; in that warped time, was my racing heart

I’m okay with the first line (just included for context) but, unless I’m
missing something, the second line is missing a main verb, and this is making
it hard for me to put together. To me, it makes sense that her gaze might make
his heart race, or perhaps distort time, but there’s no indication that
anything acts on each other, so I’m not sure if I should connect the parts of
the line, for a more natural sound, or leave them disjoint? Or am I just
missing something completely, and one of the verbs is supposed to be the main
verb of the sentence?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!
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How to translate a line with no apparent main verb
The second line doesn't have any verb as a sentence. They are three noun
phrases. Of course, though there are a verb in each noun phrase. The way like
that is sometimes seen in poems or lyrics. For example, when a writer
describes a beautiful girl who is playing tennis, he can describe her like
ひかる汗 真剣な眼差し 躍動する体.

So the second line means 立ち止まった君の眼差し(Your look when you stop running),
歪んだトキ(Warped time), 走る鼓動(A quickly beating heart).
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You should not try to "put together". This is a common rhetoric device called
体言止め. Each noun phrase in the line in question is placed in parallel, and
forms an independent "sentence" (although some people
[hate](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/48863/5010) to call it a
sentence). You should not try to find a direct connection with one another.

The lyrics have many similar expressions: 崩れていく城を駆け抜け握った手に逸る心 / 描いた夢の結末 /
近づく時刻 / 立ち止まった君の眼差し / 歪んだトキ / 走る鼓動 / 過ぎた秒針 / 変わりゆく景色 / 覗く現実 / 少しの喜び / 芽生えた苦しみ
/ 何も知らないままでいられたあの日々

Many Japanese songs are like this, and this song is no exception. There is no
single way to translate 体言止め. You can translate it as a noun (like "distorted
time"), but you may choose to rephrase it as if it were an ordinary sentence
(like "time has distorted"), especially when there is a long relative clause.
Please read [my previous
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/61200/5010).

BTW, putting translations aside, you need to correctly interpret what's going
on in this song. Obviously, the motif of this song is Cinderella trying to
leave the ball before midnight, so here are what these three nouns represent:

  * 立ち止まった君の眼差し: You are not trying to run after me, but you're seeing me
  * 歪んだトキ: The spell is about to be over
  * 走る鼓動: I'm running away from the ball, and I can feel my heartbeat
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