Do they look happy to meet you?
- withdrawn in their lonely domain.
Lovestruck young men
with pluck
clambered
over the perilous heights
in quest of the special
flower.
over the perilous heights
in quest of the special
flower.
And if one
had the luck
to find one
had the luck
to find one
he would joyfully
descend
descend
- the Edelweiss
tucked in the band of his hat
tucked in the band of his hat
And on bended knee
present it
to his desired Fräulein
to his desired Fräulein
- the promise of undying love.
I was walking along a riverside footpath in a green valley beneath some high mountains when I came to a place where the path had been closed due to a landslide. There I made my picnic.
Scree from a rock fall originating more than 6,000 feet above my head littered the area and provided a new home for many shrubs, grasses and flowers including the rarely encountered edelweiss which must have been swept down from with the sand and stones.
It is often said that what is at the bottom of the mountain will one day be at the top, and what is at the top will one day be at the bottom. We do well to remember this wisdom.
Today the edelweiss is a protected flower. Suitors no longer risk life and limb for the ultimate love token. That's probably just as well.
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