My home above the clouds
Upon the mountainside
An unmatched beauty
To behold
But now the war has come
And the wolf is at the door
For this land of mine
I protect as I swore
Tiroler Edelweiss
Picked from so high
Our enemies will falter and retreat
Tiroler Edelweiss
Upon the mountainside
Pinned to my cap, a symbol of their defeat
Dug within the snow
With my rifle in hand
I wait
For the call to charge
The frostbitten limbs freeze
In the winter's cold breeze
I persist, for the flower is on my sleeve
When the time has come
And all fades to black
I know I did
All I could
For our women, our children and our land
I'll pass away
Under these grey skies
With no shame
On this battlefield
The edelweiss will grow where I decay