CSM Cantiga 138 Lyrics: Quen a Santa María de coraçôn rogar

Expanding tod' to its full form todo to make up for the missing metrical syllable in this line is not a particularly satisfying resolution, since the phrase phrase todo aquesto does not appear anywhere else: it is invariably tod' aquesto. However, it is perhaps the least of several evils. Firstly, although diaeresis in viu occurs many times elsewhere, it is of no use here, as it would break the rhyme and scansion: an unstressed final [u] in viü cannot rhyme with the stressed final [iu̯] in faliu and saiu. Diaeresis in pois, on the other hand, is not found elsewhere, and doesn't work well musically in this case. Finally, expanding San to Santo might just about be acceptable, except that the latter form, when it serves as a title, is generally reserved for Santo Tomas (since "San Tomas" might be heard as "santo mas").

Again, various resolutions suggested themselves for the missing metrical syllable in this line. Apart from possible diaeresis of foi to two syllables, alternatives include adding the definite article a at the start of the line, giving a sa alma foi, or expanding San to Santo. The resolution I've chosen though is to add the word i after foi, on the model of CSM 259:17 e foron i u lles ela mandou, since the accidental scribal omission of i after the same letter in foi is quite plausible.