Esta é como Santa María fez acender dúas candeas na sa eigreja en Salamanca, porque o mercador que as i poséra llas encomendara.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Dereit' é de lume dar | 7 A | |
| 2 | a que Madr' é do lume. | 6' B | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Desto vos quéro contar | 7 c | |
| 4 | miragre verdadeiro | 6' d | |
| 5 | que quis a Virgen mostrar | 7 c | |
| 6 | gran por un mercadeiro | 6' d | |
| 7 | que aa feira mercar | 7 c | |
| 8 | con un séu companneiro | 6' d | |
| 9 | de Salamanca fora, | 6' e | |
| 10 | como han de costume. | 6' B | |
| Dereit' é de lume dar... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 11 | Aqueste mais d' outra ren | 7 c | |
| 12 | amou Santa María | 6' d | |
| 13 | e con haver e con sen | 7 c | |
| 14 | de grado a servía; | 6' d | |
| 15 | e jajũava tan ben | 7 c | |
| 16 | cada que sa vigía | 6' d | |
| 17 | dela foi, que pescado | 6' e | |
| 18 | non comiu nen legume. | 6' B | |
| Dereit' é de lume dar... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 19 | E atal vida usou | 7 c | |
| 20 | per u quér que andava | 6' d | |
| 21 | muïto, que jajũou †CSM 116:21Diaeresis of muito to three metrical syllables is required here to fill out the line, and fits the music very well: mu- and -i- fall on short puncta .o + .o (the first two crotchets of line 5 line Elmes' edition). | 7 c | .o |
| 22 | nas feiras u mercava; | 6' d | |
| 23 | mas pero nunca achou, | 7 c | |
| 24 | u quér que el estava, | 6' d | |
| 25 | quen lle fezésse nojo | 6' e | |
| 26 | ond' houvésse queixume. | 6' B | |
| Dereit' é de lume dar... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 27 | El vivendo vida tal | 7 c | |
| 28 | que, u eigrej' achasse | 6' d | |
| 29 | da Virgen que pód' e val, | 7 c | |
| 30 | que desto non errasse | 6' d | |
| 31 | que cande' ou estadal | 7 c | |
| 32 | i sigo non levasse; | 6' d | |
| 33 | esto en Salamanca | 6' e | |
| 34 | fez, dizendo “Adú-me”, | 6' B | |
| Stanza V | |||
| 35 | a un séu sergent' assí, | 7 c | |
| 36 | “dúas grandes candeas, | 6' d | |
| 37 | as que de Toled' aquí | 7 c | |
| 38 | trouxe, que non son feas; | 6' d | |
| 39 | ca éu taes alá vi | 7 c | |
| 40 | mellor arder que teas | 6' d | |
| 41 | nen que niũa cousa | 6' e | |
| 42 | que o fógo conssume.” | 6' B | |
| Dereit' é de lume dar... | |||
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 43 | Segundo com' apres' hei, | 7 c | |
| 44 | as candeas trouxéron | 6' d | |
| 45 | assí como vos direi, | 7 c | |
| 46 | e acender fezéron; | 6' d | |
| 47 | e, como per oír sei, | 7 c | |
| 48 | sas guardas i poséron, | 6' d | |
| 49 | dizendo: “Guardad' ũa | 6' e | |
| 50 | que outra non afume.” | 6' B | |
| Dereit' é de lume dar... | |||
| Stanza VII | |||
| 51 | Mas avẽo per prazer | 7 c | |
| 52 | da Virgen grorïosa | 6' d | |
| 53 | que houvéron de morrer; | 7 c | |
| 54 | mas ela pïadosa | 6' d | |
| 55 | os ar fez pois acender | 7 c | |
| 56 | come tan poderosa | 6' d | |
| 57 | con Déus, cujos miragres | 6' e | |
| 58 | non caben en volume. | 6' B | |
| Dereit' é de lume dar... | |||
Footnotes
| Line 21: | Diaeresis of muito to three metrical syllables is required here to fill out the line, and fits the music very well: mu- and -i- fall on short puncta .o + .o (the first two crotchets of line 5 line Elmes' edition). |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 116 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/241small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 116 |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 116http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=116
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 7 6' |
Stanzas
| 7 6' 7 6' 7 6' 6' 6' |
Rhyme
AB / cdcdcdeB| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | aɾ | |||||||
| B | ume | |||||||
| c | aɾ | eŋ | ou̯ | al | i | ei̯ | eɾ | |
| d | ei̯ɾo | i.a | aβa | ase | e.as | ɛɾoŋ | oza | |
| e | oɾa | ado | oʤo | aŋka | ou̯za | uŋa | agɾes | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 10:04 |
| Slow | 100 | 5:02 |
| Medium | 150 | 3:21 |
| Fast | 200 | 2:31 |
| Very fast | 250 | 2:00 |
These are very approximate total times for a full sung (or spoken) performance of all stanzas with all repeats of the refrain. Note that the speed is in average syllables per minute, and no particular mensural interpretation is assumed. More ornamented music will reduce the syllabic speed considerably. Remember also to add time for instrumental preludes, interludes and postludes.
Total syllables: 504
