Landmark- English Communication III (Lesson 8) 11-13

⓫ For a long time / I was still ― / I was not thinking of the beads / in my lap, / but trying to find a meaning for “love” / in the light of this new idea. // The sun had been under a cloud all day, / and there had been brief showers; / but suddenly the sun shone brightly. //

still：じっとして　lap：ひざ　in the light of～：～に照らして（「参照して」の意）brief shower：にわか雨　shone：shineの過去・過分

⓬ Again / I asked my teacher, / “Is this not love?” // “Love is something like the clouds / that were in the sky / before the sun came out,” / she replied. // Then / in simpler words than these, / which at that time / I could not have understood, / she explained: / “You cannot touch the clouds, / you know; / but you feel the rain / and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are / to have it / after a hot day. // You cannot touch love either; / but you feel the sweetness / that it pours into everything. // Without love / you would not be happy / or want to play.” //

”Is this not love？”：これが愛ではないのですか。you know：ご存じでしょうが、あのね、いいかい…（以下参照）

you knowの意味・使い方

how glad the flowers ：どれだけ花が喜んでいるか　pour：注ぐ、つぐ、放射する　Without love, = If it were not for love, ：愛が無ければ

⓭ The beautiful truth burst upon my mind / ― I felt / that there were invisible lines / stretched between my spirit / and the spirits of others.

burst upon～ ：～に広がった　invisible line：見えない線　stretch：広がる
lines がstretch：線が張られる