Esta é como Santa María se queixou en Toledo eno día de sa fésta de agosto, porque os judéus crucifigavan ũa omagen de cera, a semellança de séu Fillo.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | O que a Santa María mais despraz, | 11 A | |
| 2 | é de quen ao séu Fillo pesar faz. | 11 A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | E daquest' un gran miragre vos quér' éu óra contar, | 7'7 b | |
| 4 | que a Reínna do Céo quis en Toledo mostrar | 7'7 b | |
| 5 | eno día que a Déus foi corõar, | 11 b | |
| 6 | na sa fésta que no mes d' Agosto jaz. | 11 A | |
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| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | O Arcebisp' aquel día a gran missa ben cantou; †CSM 12:7Mettmann Arcebispo; [To] arçebisp; [T] arcebispo with partial erasure of o; [E] arcebispo. | 7'7 b | |
| 8 | e quand' entrou na segreda e a gente se calou, | 7'7 b | |
| 9 | oíron vóz de dona, que lles falou | 11 b | |
| 10 | pïadosa e doorida assaz. | 11 A | |
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | E a vóz, come chorando, dizía: “Ai Déus, ai Déus, | 7'7 b | |
| 12 | com' é mui grand' e provada a perfía dos judéus | 7'7 b | |
| 13 | que méu Fillo mataron, seendo séus, | 11 b | |
| 14 | e aínda non quéren conósco paz.” | 11 A | |
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| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | Poi-la missa foi cantada, o Arcebispo saiu | 7'7 b | |
| 16 | da eigreja e a todos diss' o que da vóz oiu; | 7'7 b | |
| 17 | e toda a gent' assí lle recodiu: | 11 b | |
| 18 | “Esto fez o póblo dos judéus malvaz.” | 11 A | |
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| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | Entôn todos mui correndo começaron lógo d' ir | 7'7 b | |
| 20 | dereit' aa judaría, e acharon, sen mentir, | 7'7 b | |
| 21 | omagen de Jeso-Crist', a que ferir | 11 b | |
| 22 | ían os judéus e cospir-lle na faz. | 11 A | |
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 23 | E sen aquest', os judéus fe- zéran ũa cruz fazer †CSM 12:23Mettmann has his hemistich bar between judéus and fezéran, and doesn't comment on the metrical irregularity. I've moved it here to give the singer a clear reminder to tack the fe- of fezéran onto the end of the first musical phrase in the stanza. | 7'7 b | |
| 24 | en que aquela omagen querían lógo põer. | 7'7 b | |
| 25 | E por est' houvéron todos de morrer, | 11 b | |
| 26 | e tornou-xe-lles en dóo séu solaz. | 11 A | |
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Footnotes
| Line 7: | Mettmann Arcebispo; [To] arçebisp; [T] arcebispo with partial erasure of o; [E] arcebispo. |
| Line 23: | Mettmann has his hemistich bar between judéus and fezéran, and doesn't comment on the metrical irregularity. I've moved it here to give the singer a clear reminder to tack the fe- of fezéran onto the end of the first musical phrase in the stanza. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 12 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/077small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 12 | |
| [To] | 13 | view p1http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob012small.gifExternal link view p2http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob013small.gifExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 12http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=12
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 11 11 |
Stanzas
| 7' | 7 7' | 7 11 11 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | aʣ | ||||||
| b | aɾ | ou̯ | ɛu̯s | iu̯ | iɾ | eɾ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 9:19 |
| Slow | 100 | 4:39 |
| Medium | 150 | 3:06 |
| Fast | 200 | 2:19 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:51 |
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: 466
