Dear Anna, dear Anna, greatest treasure upon earth

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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Annalein, Annalein, höchster Schatz auf...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Annalein, Annalein, höchster Schatz auf Erden, 
   Bleibe mein, bleibe mein, thu' kein's andern werden! 
   Sieh, mein Herz, sieh, mein Herz braucht dich ganz notwendig: 
   Ohne dich: -- stummes Erz: -- mit dir: -- klanglebendig.
Wie ein Licht, halb entbrannt, das man schirmt vorm Winde, 
   Durch die Welt leiser Hand trag' ich dich gelinde.
   Treu in Lieb und in Acht will ich stets dich hegen, -- 
   Würd' es doch dunkle Nacht sonst auf meinen Wegen.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 67.

Text Authorship:

by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 8 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Mein höchster Schatz", op. 37 (Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842 - 1899), "Annalein", op. 6a no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Schlesinger ; note: we've added an 'a' to the opus because this opus was used by another publisher a few years later [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-12-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 70

Dear Anna, dear Anna, greatest treasure...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Dear Anna, dear Anna, greatest treasure upon earth,
   Remain mine, remain mine, do not become someone else’s!
   See, my heart, see, my heart needs you very much:
   Without you: -- mute bronze: -- with you: -- living in sound.
Like a light, half burned down, which one shields from the wind,
   Through the world with a quiet hand I shall carry you gently.
   Faithful in love and in taking care I shall ever cherish you, --
   For otherwise it would become dark night upon my pathways.

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Translations of title(s):
"Mein höchster Schatz" = "My greatest treasure"
"Annalein" = "Dear Anna"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 82