Como ũus falcõeiros que andavan a caça estavan en coita de mórte en un regueiro, e chamaron Santa María de Vila-Sirga, e ela por sa mercee acorréu-lles.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Carreiras e semedeiros | 7' A | |
| 2 | busca a Virgen María | 7' B | |
| 3 | pera fazer todavía | 7' B | |
| 4 | séus miragres verdadeiros. | 7' A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 5 | E de tal razôn com' esta avẽo ũa vegada | 7'7' c | |
| 6 | un miragre mui fremoso, que a Virgen corõada | 7'7' c | |
| 7 | mostrou cabo Vila-Sirga per ũa mui gran geada, | 7'7' c | |
| 8 | como guareceu de mórte estranna dous falcõeiros. | 7'7' A | |
| Carreiras e semedeiros... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 9 | Estes con el Rei andavan Don Afons', e séus falcões | 7'7' c | |
| 10 | tragían e ar caçavan con eles muitas sazões | 7'7' c | |
| 11 | sen el, mas por séu mandado. Aquestes dous compannões | 7'7' c | |
| 12 | non quiséron chamar outro e foron caçar senlleiros. | 7'7' A | |
| Carreiras e semedeiros... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 13 | E pois foron na ribeira u muitas aves andavan, | 7'7' c | |
| 14 | aas ãades deitaron os falcões que montavan; | 7'7' c | |
| 15 | des i deceron a elas e assí as aaguavan, | 7'7' c | |
| 16 | que con coita se metían so o geo nos regueiros. | 7'7' A | |
| Carreiras e semedeiros... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 17 | Quand' esto os falcõeiros viron, vẽéron aginna | 7'7' c | |
| 18 | e chegaron aa agua, cada ũu como viínna, †CSM 243:18It's hard to choose between elision of ũu to un, and synaeresis in viínna, as the better resolution for the surplus metrical syllable in this line. Both are common elsewhere. I have plumped for the latter though, as it feels slightly better rhythmically, and gives the compressed syllable vii- an ascending plica .bod, which brings out the natural syllables anyway. | 7'7' c | .bod |
| 19 | e britou-s' entôn con eles o geo; mas a Reínna | 7'7' c | |
| 20 | chamaron de Vila-Sirga que os valess', e certeiros | 7'7' A | |
| Stanza V | |||
| 21 | foron ben que lles valrría. Pero ant' alí jouvéron | 7'7' c | |
| 22 | ũa péça so o geo, que saír ên non podéron; | 7'7' c | |
| 23 | mais chamand' a Grorïosa, os geos se desfezéron, | 7'7' c | |
| 24 | e saíron ende vivos, e lóg' a séus semedeiros | 7'7' A | |
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 25 | cavalgaron. Des i foron a Vila-Sirgu' e loores | 7'7' c | |
| 26 | déron a Santa-María, que é Sennor das sennores, | 7'7' c | |
| 27 | que sempre nas grandes coitas acórr' aos pecadores; | 7'7' c | |
| 28 | e pois est' al Rei contaron ante muitos cavaleiros. | 7'7' A | |
| Carreiras e semedeiros... | |||
Footnotes
| Line 18: | It's hard to choose between elision of ũu to un, and synaeresis in viínna, as the better resolution for the surplus metrical syllable in this line. Both are common elsewhere. I have plumped for the latter though, as it feels slightly better rhythmically, and gives the compressed syllable vii- an ascending plica .bod, which brings out the natural syllables anyway. |
Footnotes
| E1: | Elmes has transcribed this ligature and the next up one note, both here and in the vuelta at E2. |
| E2: | See E1. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 243 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/439small.htmlExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 243http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=243
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 7' 7' 7' 7' |
Stanzas
| 7' | 7' 7' | 7' 7' | 7' 7' | 7' |
Rhyme
ABBA / cccA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ei̯ɾos | ||||||
| B | i.a | ||||||
| c | ada | oŋes | aβaŋ | iɲa | ɛɾoŋ | oɾes | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 12:09 |
| Slow | 100 | 6:04 |
| Medium | 150 | 4:03 |
| Fast | 200 | 3:02 |
| Very fast | 250 | 2:25 |
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: 608
