Tiroler Edelweiss - Minenwerfer

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

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

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