Prayer and Meditation

Annchen von Tharau is the one I like, she is my life, my property and my money. She turned her heart to me again in love and in pain. Annchen von Tharau, my wealth, my property, you my soul, my flesh and my blood! If all the weather were to fall on us, we intend to stand by each other. Sickness, persecution, sorrow and pain shall be the knot of our love.

Annchen von Tharau, my light, my sun, I close my life around yours. Right as a palm tree rises above it, the more hail and rain afflict it. This is how love in us becomes powerful and great through the cross, through suffering, through all kinds of hardships. Annchen von Tharau, my wealth, my property, you, my soul, my flesh and my blood! If you were separated from me right away, lived where the sun is hardly known.

I want to follow you through forests, through the sea, through ice, through iron, through the enemy army. What I command you will do, what I forbid you make me wonder. What is the point of love if there is not a heart, a mouth, a hand?

Where one torments, quarrels and hits, and behaves like dogs and cats? Annchen von Tharau, we don't want to do that. You are my dove, my sheep, my hen. What I desire is love for you and good. I leave the skirt to you, you leave the hat to me! This is Annchen's sweetest rest, I and you become one body and soul. This makes life a heavenly realm; bickering makes it like hell.

Wedding Ceremony - Eastern Switzerland

Recently, when Lisettchen was sitting in the window, Herr Filidor came and kissed her, embracing her soft, white knee. And whisper something in her ear, I don't know what. Then they both went away, he and she, and lay down here in the long grass and frolic freely in jests and jokes. He played with her a lot, I don't know how.

He had a lot of genius for games, he did all sorts of things, sometimes like this, sometimes like that, the good girl was happy about it. But did she sigh, I don't know how? The thing pleases the gentleman bass often went there capo? But it said on it, after many, many moons. He hurt her. I do not know what.