CSM Cantiga 182 Lyrics and Music: Déus, que mui ben barata quen pola Virgen cata

Déus, que mui ben barata quen pola Virgen cata

Cantiga 182: Déus, que mui ben barata quen pola Virgen cata

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Epigraph

Como Santa María livrou ũu ladrôn da mão dos dïáboos que o levavan.

Line	Refrain	Metrics
1	Déus, que mui ben barata	6' A
2	quen pola Virgen cata.	6' A

	Stanza I
3	Dest' un maravilloso	6' b
4	miragre mui fremoso	6' b
5	vos direi, saboroso	6' b
6	e d' oír sen ravata,	6' A

	Stanza II
7	que fez Santa María	6' b
8	dun hóme que fazía	6' b
9	muito mal cada día,	6' b
10	andand' en ũa mata.	6' A
	Déus, que mui ben barata...
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	Stanza III
11	Ca britava caminnos,	6' b
12	demais pães e vinnos	6' b
13	roubava dos mesquinnos,	6' b
14	e o our' e a prata	6' A

	Stanza IV
15	e o al que achava,	6' b
16	que nada non leixava.	6' b
17	Pero muito fïava	6' b
18	na que o mal desata,	6' A

	Stanza V
19	assí que sas vigías	6' b
20	guardava dos séus días,	6' b
21	des i malfeitorías	6' b
22	nen sól dũa çapata	6' A
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	Stanza VI
23	de null' hóme fillasse.	6' b
24	Demais, queno rogasse	6' b
25	pola Virgen, contasse	6' b
26	que feit' éra a data,	6' A

	Stanza VII
27	e dar o que tiínna	6' b
28	por amor da Reínna.	6' b
29	Mais ũa mórt' aginna	6' b
30	sobetanna que mata	6' A

	Stanza VIII
31	muitos, mató-o tóste;	6' b
32	e de démões hóste	6' b
33	per cima dun recóste	6' b
34	mui mais ca Damïata	6' A
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/182

	Stanza IX
35	mais longe o levaron	6' b
36	e mal o doitẽaron,	6' b
37	e atal o pararon	6' b
38	com' ũa escarlata.	6' A
	Déus, que mui ben barata...

	Stanza X
39	Mais sa madre coitada	6' b
40	houve muito rogada	6' b
41	a Virgen corõada,	6' b
42	que os démões ata,	6' A

	Stanza XI
43	que séu fillo lle désse	6' b
44	e viver-llo fezésse	6' b
45	e o démo presésse,	6' b
46	que há rosto de gata.	6' A
	Déus, que mui ben barata...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/182

	Stanza XII
47	Sa oraçôn oída	6' b
48	foi da Virgen comprida,	6' b
49	e déu-lle lógo vida,	6' b
50	des i da muit' ẽata	6' A

	Stanza XIII
51	mórte guardou privado	6' b
52	d' inférn'; e séu mandado	6' b
53	da Virgen fez de grado,	6' b
54	que os maes remata.	6' A
	Déus, que mui ben barata...

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Manuscript references

External links marked are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.

[E]	182	viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/337small.htmlExternal link
[T]	182

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data: CSM 182http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=182

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Metrical summary

Refrain

6' 6'

Stanzas

6' 6' 6' 6'

Rhyme

AA / bbbA

	R	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	XIII
A	ata
b		ozo	i.a	iɲos	aβa	i.as	ase	iɲa	ɔste	aɾoŋ	ada	ɛse	ida	ado

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min.		Time
Very slow	50	11:11
Slow	100	5:35
Medium	150	3:44
Fast	200	2:47
Very fast	250	2:14

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: 560

CSM Cantiga 182 Lyrics: Déus, que mui ben barata quen pola Virgen cata