Esta é como Santa María sãou ũu hóme bõo que coidava morrer de ravia.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Todo-los coitados que quéren saúde | 11' A | |
| 2 | demanden a Virgen e a sa vertude. | 11' A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Ca ela poder há de saúde dar | 11 b | |
| 4 | e vida por sempr' a quen lla demandar | 11 b | |
| 5 | de coraçôn; e desto quér' éu contar | 11 b | |
| 6 | un mui bon miragre, assí Déus m' ajude. | 11' A | |
| Todo-los coitados que quéren saúde... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | Per todo o mund' ela miragres faz, | 11 b | |
| 8 | mais dũa sa casa, cabo Monssarraz, | 11 b | |
| 9 | que chaman Terena, sei ben que assaz | 11 b | |
| 10 | faz muitos miragres a quen i recude. | 11' A | |
| Todo-los coitados que quéren saúde... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | E porend' un hóme bõo, Don Matéus, | 11 b | |
| 12 | qu' en Estremoz móra, proug' assí a Déus | 11 b | |
| 13 | que raviou mui fórt', e os parentes séus | 11 b | |
| 14 | alá o levaron, ca muit' ameúde | 11' A | |
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | de toda-las térras gentes vẽen i. | 11 b | |
| 16 | E pois i foron, quis a Virgen assí | 11 b | |
| 17 | que foi lógo são; e, com' aprendí, | 11 b | |
| 18 | ja ll' ante fazían os séus ataúde | 11' A | |
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | en que o metessen por mórto de pran. | 11 b | |
| 20 | Porên non devía tẽer por afán | 11 b | |
| 21 | quen servir podéss' esta de bon talán | 11 b | |
| 22 | e contra o démo daquesta s' escude. | 11' A | |
| Todo-los coitados que quéren saúde... | |||
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Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 223 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/404small.htmlExternal link |
| [F] | 55 |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 223http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=223
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 11' 11' |
Stanzas
| 11 11 11 11' |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ude | |||||
| b | aɾ | aʣ | ɛu̯s | i | aŋ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 7:22 |
| Slow | 100 | 3:41 |
| Medium | 150 | 2:27 |
| Fast | 200 | 1:50 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:28 |
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: 369
