Die Gedanken Sind Frei

Thoughts are free! Who can guess them?
They fly along like nightly treasures.
No man can know them,
No hunter can shoot them,
With powder and lead.
Thoughts are free!

I think about what I want and what makes me happy,
But everything quietly, and just how it comes.
To my wish and desire,
Nobody can oppose,
It stays this way:
Thoughts are free!

And if they lock me in a dark dungeon,
That is something that can be forgiven,
Cause my thoughts
Tear up the bars
And walls.
Thoughts are free!

I think about what I want and what makes me happy ...

And if they lock me in a dark dungeon ...

I love wine, my girl most of all,
Only me she pleases best.
I am not alone
With my glass of wine,
My girl is with me:
Thoughts are free!