Como Santa María guardou un hóme que apedraron que non morresse atá que se mẽefestasse, porque jajũava as vigías das sas féstas.
Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
1 | O que pola Virgen leixa o de que gran sabor há, | 7' | 7 A|
2 | sempre aquí lle demóstra o ben que pois lle fará. | 7' | 7 A|
Stanza I | |||
3 | E dest' un mui gran miragre vos contarei, que oí†CSM 124:3This is a splendid example of just how much formulaic waffle can be packed into a single stanza of the cantigas. One can almost hear the original audience in Alfonso's court shouting "Get on with it!" in true Monty Python style. | 7' | 7 b|
4 | dizer aos que o viron, e o contaron assí | 7' | 7 b|
5 | como vos éu contar quéro; e, según com' aprendí,†CSM 124:5Elmes begins this line with como vos eu quero contar, which is the wording found in [E]. [T] has como vos eu contar quero, which is superior metrically, as it preserves the final unstressed syllable found in the first hemistich of every other line of this cantiga. Mettmann also has contar quero, but his additional reversal of vos eu to eu vos is quite unjustified. | 7' | 7 b|
6 | demostrou Santa María ena térra que está | 7' | 7 A|
Stanza II | |||
7 | mui préto d' ambo-los mares, do gran que corr' arredor | 7' | 7 b|
8 | da térra e ar do outro que é chamado Mẽor; | 7' | 7 b|
9 | e mostrou Santa María, Madre de Nóstro Sennor, | 7' | 7 b|
10 | por un hóme. E quen esto oír, sabor haverá | 7' | 7 A|
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Stanza III | |||
11 | de jajũá-la sa fésta de março, com' este fez, | 7' | 7 b|
12 | que a jajũou gran tempo. Mas porque foi a Xerez | 7' | 7 b|
13 | e a Sevilla quand' éran de mouros, mais dũa vez, | 7' | 7 b|
14 | foi acusado e preso, porque sen mandad' alá | 7' | 7 A|
Stanza IV | |||
15 | fora, e que o matassen lógo, u non houvéss' al, | 7' | 7 b|
16 | e que foss' apedreado porque fezo feito tal. | 7' | 7 b|
17 | E ferindo-o, chamava a Reínna sperital, | 7' | 7 b|
18 | dizendo: “Ai, Sennor, val-me, ben como valiste ja | 7' | 7 A|
Stanza V | |||
19 | a aqueles que se fían en ti mui de coraçôn, | 7' | 7 b|
20 | e por aquesto non quéras que moira sen confissôn, | 7' | 7 b|
21 | ca éu sempr' en ti fïando receb' aquesta paixôn.” | 7' | 7 b|
22 | Entôn os que o matavan disséron: “E que será | 7' | 7 A|
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Stanza VI | |||
23 | que por pédras que deitemos nono podemos matar?” | 7' | 7 b|
24 | Entôn o que llo mandava mandou-lle ferir e dar | 7' | 7 b|
25 | mui grande con un venabre e depoi-lo degolar. | 7' | 7 b|
26 | E non morreu por tod' esto, dizendo: “Por Déus, acá | 7' | 7 A|
Stanza VII | |||
27 | un crérigo mi aduzede, a que diga quanto fix | 7' | 7 b.on |
28 | de mal, de que pẽedença de méus pecados non prix.” | 7' | 7 b|
29 | E pois ll' esto feit' houvéron, diss': “Amigo, sempr' éu quix | 7' | 7 b|
30 | servir a Santa María, a que nunca falirá | 7' | 7 A|
Stanza VIII | |||
31 | nen fal aos que a sérven.” E dizend' esto, morreu; | 7' | 7 b|
32 | e de como nós creemos, Déus sa alma recebeu. | 7' | 7 b|
33 | E des que foi mórto, lógo a hóra embarveceu, | 7' | 7 b|
34 | ca esse día rapara sa barva en Alcalá | 7' | 7 A|
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Stanza IX | |||
35 | de Guadaíra; e jouve un tempo, creede ben, | 7' | 7 b|
36 | assí, que ave nen besta dele non comiu per ren. | 7' | 7 b|
37 | Esto fez Santa María, a Sennor que nos mantên, | 7' | 7 b|
38 | pola sa gran pïadade, e sempre nos manterrá. | 7' | 7 A|
O que pola Virgen leixa o de que gran sabor há... | |||
Footnotes
Another cantiga in which every stanza ends in the middle of a sentence. There's really no scope for repeating the refrain between them without seriously disturbing the flow of the story.
Line 3: | This is a splendid example of just how much formulaic waffle can be packed into a single stanza of the cantigas. One can almost hear the original audience in Alfonso's court shouting "Get on with it!" in true Monty Python style. |
Line 5: | Elmes begins this line with como vos eu quero contar, which is the wording found in [E]. [T] has como vos eu contar quero, which is superior metrically, as it preserves the final unstressed syllable found in the first hemistich of every other line of this cantiga. Mettmann also has contar quero, but his additional reversal of vos eu to eu vos is quite unjustified. |
Manuscript references
External links marked are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
[E] | 124 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/251small.htmlExternal link |
[T] | 124 |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 124http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=124
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Metrical summary
Refrain
7' | 7 7' | 7 |
Stanzas
7' | 7 7' | 7 7' | 7 7' | 7 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbAR | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | a | |||||||||
b | i | oɾ | eʣ | al | oŋ | aɾ | iʃ | eu̯ | eŋ |
Estimated performance times
Average syllables / min. | Time | |
---|---|---|
Very slow | 50 | 16:48 |
Slow | 100 | 8:24 |
Medium | 150 | 5:35 |
Fast | 200 | 4:12 |
Very fast | 250 | 3:21 |
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: 840