Traditional Hungary
Wedding of Cana
When our Lord on earth did walk
There came to him one of his disciples,
Who bending low,
Humbly kissed his masters hand.
‘Twas Peter, Jonah’s son.
Master, Thy Mother her greatings sends
And begs Thee to come to her at once,
Because the best man awaits
An answer to his invitation
To the Cana wedding.
Immediately Jesus hurries homewards,
While Peter, having lost his stick,
Could not proceed
And soon lagged far behind
His master Jesus.
When Peter got home with his stick,
The best man had already departed,
Because Jesus had promised
That He would attend
The Cana wedding.
As the evening grew silently night,
Jesus visited His disciples
To tell them to set out,
Lest they should be late
For the Cana wedding.
They awaited Him with great respect,
Though all were longing to dance,
But when Jesus entered
Everyone rose
At the Cana wedding.
“Praised be the Lord!” cried Peter
All answered: “For ever be He so!”
We have come as we promised,
And hope we are not late
For The Cana wedding.
Great was the rejoicing at the Cana wedding.
Jesus sat at the table’s head,
With Maria on His right,
His disciples on His left,
At the Cana wedding.
When the supper was at an end
The women stood in a row;
The gypsies struck up
Music for the dance
At the Cana wedding.
Then they began dancing with their partners,
Old Peter with the Virgin Mother
“Dance you holy woman, Anna’s daughter!
Make your skirt whirl swiftly
At the Cana wedding!”
The wine had very many foes
Who attacked it with great vigour,
Till the tap, overworked,
Refused to give another drop
At the Cana wedding.
To prevent the gaiety from being destroyed
Jesus spoke to the best man, ordering him
To fill the bucket with water
And bring it to Him
At the Cana wedding.
They bring the bucket of water to Him,
And Jesus, glancing at it,
Gives it to an old man
To taste for himself!
At the Cana wedding.
And lo! a miracle of miracles has happened!
The best man struck all of a heap
When he, too, tasted the wine
And found it so good
At the Cana wedding.
They bring six more buckets of water
For Jesus to turn into wine,
At His bidding the cold water
Became the choicest of wines
At the Cana wedding.
When the Jesus did hear of this,
They invited Jesus to all the weddings
To make wine for them.
But Jesus did not desire to go
To more weddings.