CSM Cantiga 240 Lyrics: Os pecadores todos loarán Santa María

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Os pecadores todos loarán Santa María
Cantiga 240: Os pecadores todos loarán Santa María
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Esta é de loor de Santa María.

Line Refrain  Metrics  
1 Os pecadores todos loarán 10  A
2 Santa María, ca dereit' i han CSM 240:2This Cantiga has an unusual syntactic structure in which the refrain forms a single sentence with each following stanza. So if you're going to include instrumental interludes in a performance or recording, make sure these fall before a refrain, not after one. 10  A
 
  Stanza I     
3 ena loar e dizer o séu ben 10  b
4 e non cuidar nunca en outra ren; 10  b
5 ca pois que pécan per séu mao sen, 10  b
6 róga por eles a do bon talán. CSM 240:6Elmes has don bon talan copying the scribal error in [E]. [F] has do bon talan. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 
  Stanza II     
7 ena loar, e sempr' éu loarei 10  b
8 os séus feitos, ca outro ben non hei; 10  b
9 e por aquesto dereito farei, 10  b
10 e os cuitados dereito farán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/240
 
  Stanza III     
11 ena loar e sempr' esto fazer 10  b
12 polas sas coitas, de que faz lezer 10  b
13 quando Déus vee irado seer 10  b
14 polos pesares que lle fazer van. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 
  Stanza IV     
15 ena loar e nunca fazer al; 10  b
16 ca u a chaman sempr' ela i val, 10  b
17 e per ela somos livres de mal 10  b
18 e do pecado que fezo Adán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 
  Stanza V     
19 ena loar e dizer o séu prez 10  b
20 e quanto ben ela no mundo fez 10  b
21 e como róga por nós cada vez 10  b
22 que pecamos, por nos salvar de pran. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/240
 
  Stanza VI     
23 ena loar, e dereito será; 10  b
24 ca muito ben nos fez sempr' e fará, 10  b
25 e se non foss' ela, foramos ja 10  b
26 todos con Abiron e con Datán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 
  Stanza VII     
27 ena loar, e farán gran razôn; 10  b
28 ca ela péd' a séu Fillo perdôn 10  b
29 quand' eles érran, e outro padrôn 10  b
30 nunca houvéron neno haverán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 
  Stanza VIII     
31 ena loar, e quen esto fezér 10  b
32 fará dereito, pois sempr' ela quér 10  b
33 rogar por nós u nos há mais mestér 10  b
34 por nos tirar de coitas e d' afán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/240
 
  Stanza IX     
35 ena loar, ca Déus non lle fez par; 10  b
36 e porên devemos a confïar 10  b
37 dela, que por nós Déus verrá rogar 10  b
38 alí u todos muito temerán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 
  Stanza X     
39 ena loar, ca u Nóstro Sennor 10  b
40 eno jüízo mais irado for, 10  b
41 perdõá-lles-á polo séu amor, 10  b
42 e estes taes non se perderán. 10  A
  Os pecadores todos loarán...    
 

Footnotes

Line 2:

This Cantiga has an unusual syntactic structure in which the refrain forms a single sentence with each following stanza. So if you're going to include instrumental interludes in a performance or recording, make sure these fall before a refrain, not after one.

Line 6:

Elmes has don bon talan copying the scribal error in [E]. [F] has do bon talan.

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Footnotes

E1:

I have inserted the missing flat on this stave in order to keep the two repeated phrases of the mudanza identical.

E2:

The upper stem on this ligature is clearly present in Anglés' retouched facsimile, although it is (a) very short, and (b) of no likely musical consequence.

Manuscript references

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

[E]240viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/434small.htmlExternal link
[F]27 

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data:  CSM 240http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=240

Links to the Oxford database are provided with the kind permission of the project team. When planning a concert or recording, I would recommend that you use (and credit) my more pragmatic texts and supporting materials in the preparation of your performance, but that you request permission from the Oxford database team to reproduce (and credit) their own critically edited texts in your programme or liner notes, as these adhere to stricter criteria that keep them closer to the original sources, and undoubtedly have the greater academic authority.

Metrical summary

Refrain

10  10

Stanzas

10  10  10  10

Rhyme

AA / bbbA
 RIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXX
A
b ei̯alaɛɾ

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min. Time
Very slow5012:24
Slow1006:12
Medium1504:08
Fast2003:06
Very fast2502:28

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: 620