She had intended to teach Anne the childish classic, “Now I lay me down to sleep.”
intend
(思う)
[動]
have as one's purpose or intention
childish
(子供の)
[形]
of or characteristic of a child or childhood
classic
(定番)
[名]
a work of literature of acknowledged excellence that has stood the test of time
sleep
(眠り)
[名]
the natural state of rest in which consciousness practically disappears
マリラは子供の定番の「今、私は眠りにつく」をアンに教えようと思っていた。
But she had, as I have told you, the glimmerings of a sense of humor—which is simply another name for a sense of fitness of things;
as I have told you
(すでに述べたように)
[句]
as I have already said
sense of fitness
(適合性に対する感覚)
[名]
the ability to be fit or to be amused by things that are fit
しかし、マリラには、すでに述べたように、ユーモアのセンスがあった。それは、物事の適合性に対する感覚の別名にすぎない。
and it suddenly occurred to her that that simple little prayer, sacred to white-robed childhood lisping at motherly knees, was entirely unsuited to this freckled witch of a girl who knew and cared nothing about God’s love, since she had never had it translated to her through the medium of human love.
occur to
(気がつく)
[動]
come into the mind of
simple
(単純な)
[形]
easy to understand or do
sacred
(神聖な)
[形]
dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated
white-robed
(白い服を着た)
[形]
wearing a white robe
childhood
(子供時代)
[名]
the time of a person's life when they are a child
lisp
(舌足らずに話す)
[動]
to speak with a lisp
motherly
(母の)
[形]
of or like a mother
knee
(膝)
[名]
the joint between the thigh and the lower leg
unsuited
(似つかわしくない)
[形]
not appropriate or suitable
nothing
(全く)
[名]
not a single thing
medium
(媒体)
[名]
a means of doing something
human
(人間の)
[形]
of or relating to humankind
そして、母の膝の上で舌足らずに話す白い服を着た子供時代にとって神聖な、あの単純な小さな祈りは、神の愛を全く知らず、気にもかけないこのそばかすだらけの魔女のような少女には全く似つかわしくないことに、マリラは突然気がついた。