Tiroler Edelweiss

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