"Heimat" is a German word that defies precise translation and for which there is no English equivalent.

Or for some other reason which defied translation.

Some defy translation, since they were to the Hobbits themselves just 'names', of forgotten origin and mean- ing.

He has found, he says, intuitive ways of making leaps from one to the other, even if they sometimes defy word-for-word translation:

Some of the water creatures had alien, prehistoric shapes as did the roots, fruits and leaves that defied translation.

What he read in her eyes defied translation for several moments.

In other cases, like "intangible assets," the words defy translation.

- a word that defies translation but connotes something fast and sudden like wham!

And there is no better way to understand that influence than through Rumi's own verse, although it often defies easy translation.