Die gedanken sind frei

My thoughts freely flower

Die gedanken sind frei

My thoughts give me power

No scholar can map them

No hunter can trap them

No man can deny

Die gedanken sind frei

No man can deny

Die gedanken sind frei

I think as I please

And this gives me pleasure

My conscience decrees

This right I must treasure

My thoughts will not cater

To duke or dictator

No man can deny

Die gedanken sind frei

No man can deny

Die gedanken sind frei

And should tri rooms take me

And throw me in prison

My thoughts will burst free

Like blossoms in season

Foundations may crumble

And structures may tumble

And free men well cry

Die gedanken sind frei

And free men well cry

Die gedanken sind frei