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