Original lyrics

EN

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