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This phrase is from a song the translation of

"夜の街迷いし穢れの乱歩"

would be: Lost in a city at night, I take a random impure walk.

The question is: "迷い" in the dictionary means hesitation, perplexity, which
does not look like its meaning in the sentence. So I was wondering where did
"迷い" come from? comes from the verb "迷う"？ if yes how did it become "迷い"? and
yet how does it bind directly to 街 no particles? I know they give a lot of
questions, can anyone explain me? my language is portuguese so sorry for any
grammar mistake.
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What is the meaning of "迷い" in the phrase 夜の街迷いし穢れの乱歩
迷いし is an archaic variation of 迷った. It's still common in fiction, especially
fantasy. See these questions:

  * [Grammar of (verb)し(noun) such as in 選ばれし者](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/14498/5010)
  * [In "[Vます stem] + し+ [noun]" what does し mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18978/5010)
  * [What does the kana 「し」 do in this phrase?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/61564/5010)

As for 迷う itself, I personally feel its meaning is closer to "to wander about"
rather than "to be lost" here, because it's clearly moving (乱歩). See
[さ迷う](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%BD%B7%E5%BE%A8%E3%81%86).

Note that 迷いし is a relative clause that modifies 穢れ, so it's the 穢れ
("impurity/corruption") itself that is wandering about. It's "steps of
wandering impurity" rather than "I take an impure walk".
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