"Die Gedanken Sind Frei" ...



... is an old song of protest that goes back to the German peasant wars of the 16th century"Die Gedanken Sind Frei" means "Our thoughts are free".



Our Thoughts Are Free

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!

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!

And if tyrants take me

And throw me in prison

My thoughts will burst free,

Like blossoms in season.

Foundations will crumble,

The structure will tumble,

And free men will cry:

Die Gedanken sind frei!

Neither trouble or pain

Will ever touch me again.

No good comes of fretting,

My hope's in forgetting.

Within myself still

I can think as I will,

But I laugh, do not cry:

Die Gedanken sind frei!





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