~ Ein freies Leben führen wir ~
The verse was written in 1782 by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 to 1805) one of the great German men of literature and put to the music of Gaudeamus Igitur using a comical scene with mushrooms singing reminiscent of Heinrich Schlitt on this salt-glazed, stoneware stein, ca. early 1900's.
Ein freies Leben führen wir, ein Leben voller Wonne.	A free life we lead, a life full of bliss.

Translation: Roy De Selms Photo credit: Unknown