Como Santa María acrecentou a farinna a ũa bõa mollér porque a dava de grado por séu amor.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Quen polo amor de Santa María do séu fezér | 7'7 A | |
| 2 | algún ben, dar-vo-ll-á ela que dé, se o non tevér. | 7'7 A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Por esto dev' hóme sempre a servir e a guardar | 7'7 b | |
| 4 | a Virgen Santa María e no séu ben confïar; | 7'7 b | |
| 5 | ca vos direi un miragre que quis pouqu' i há mostrar | 7'7 b | |
| 6 | a ũa súa amiga que éra santa mollér. | 7'7 A | |
| Quen polo amor de Santa María do séu fezér... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | En servir Déus e os santos havía mui gran sabor, | 7'7 b | |
| 8 | e séu tempo despendía en servir Nóstro Sennor; | 7'7 b | |
| 9 | e se ll' os póbres pedían esmólna polo amor | 7'7 b | |
| 10 | da Virgen Santa María, lógo lles dava que quér | 7'7 A | |
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | que tevésse. En sa casa un día estand' assí, | 7'7 b | |
| 12 | muitos póbres vergonnosos pedir vẽéron alí, | 7'7 b | |
| 13 | e déu-lles ũa grand' arca de farinna chẽa i; | 7'7 b | |
| 14 | disséron: “Santa María vos dé ben, se ll' aprouguér.” | 7'7 A | |
| Quen polo amor de Santa María do séu fezér... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | A cabo dũa gran péça outra companna chegou | 7'7 b | |
| 16 | de póbres, e houve dóo deles grande e chamou | 7'7 b | |
| 17 | ante si ũa sa filla e disso: “Se i ficou | 7'7 b | |
| 18 | ja que pouca de farinna, dade-ll' a que i houvér.” | 7'7 A | |
| Quen polo amor de Santa María do séu fezér... | |||
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | A filla entôn lle disso: “Con mia mão varrí ja | 7'7 b | |
| 20 | a arca.” E diss' a madre: “Ar ide pero alá.” | 7'7 b | |
| 21 | E foi e achou-a chẽa de farinna ben atá | 7'7 b | |
| 22 | na cima, e déu-lles dela quanto lles houve mestér. | 7'7 A | |
| Quen polo amor de Santa María do séu fezér... | |||
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Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 203 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/372small.htmlExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 203http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=203
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 7' | 7 7' | 7 |
Stanzas
| 7' | 7 7' | 7 7' | 7 7' | 7 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ɛɾ | |||||
| b | aɾ | oɾ | i | ou̯ | a | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 9:35 |
| Slow | 100 | 4:47 |
| Medium | 150 | 3:12 |
| Fast | 200 | 2:23 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:55 |
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: 480
