Como Santa María guardou ũus hómẽes que non morressen dejuso dun gran monte de arẽa que lles caeu dessuso.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Tan gran poder a sa Madre déu eno fondo da térra | 7'7' A | |
| 2 | Déus d' acorrer os coitados, ben come en alta sérra. | 7'7' A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | E sobr' aquest' un miragre pequenn' e bõo d' oír †CSM 252:3The word pequenn' in this line is an original Castilianism from the manuscripts; the correct Galician-Portuguese form would be pequen' as in CSM 77:18. | 7'7 b | |
| 4 | direi que Santa María fez fremoso, sen mentir; | 7'7 b | |
| 5 | e per i saber podedes como guarda quen servir | 7'7 b | |
| 6 | a vai de mal e de mórte, e daquesto nunca érra. | 7'7' A | |
| Tan gran poder a sa Madre déu eno fondo da térra... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | En Castroxeriz foi esto de que vos quéro contar, | 7'7 b | |
| 8 | que por fazer a igreja, de que vos fui ja falar, | 7'7 b | |
| 9 | hómes so térra entraron pera arẽa cavar; | 7'7 b | |
| 10 | mas caeu lógo sobr' eles o mont', e come quen sérra | 7'7' A | |
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | pórta, assí ensserrados foron todos, e sen al | 7'7 b | |
| 12 | cuidaron que éran mórtos. Mais a Sennor spirital | 7'7 b | |
| 13 | os acorreu muit' aginna e os defendeu de mal | 7'7 b | |
| 14 | do démo, que ben cuidava haver sas almas per guérra. | 7'7' A | |
| Tan gran poder a sa Madre déu eno fondo da térra... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | Os da vila, quand' oíron esto, per com' aprendí, | 7'7 b | |
| 16 | quiséron cavar o monte pera tirá-los dalí, | 7'7 b | |
| 17 | cuidando que mórtos éran; mas acháronos assí | 7'7 b | |
| 18 | todos oraçôn fazendo aa Virgen que atérra | 7'7' A | |
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | o démo. E porên todos foron lógo dar loor | 7'7 b | |
| 20 | aa Virgen grorïosa, Madre de Nóstro Sennor, | 7'7 b | |
| 21 | ant' o altar da igreja u fazían o lavor, | 7'7 b | |
| 22 | ca o que o démo mete en férros, ela desférra. | 7'7' A | |
| Tan gran poder a sa Madre déu eno fondo da térra... | |||
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Footnotes
| Line 3: | The word pequenn' in this line is an original Castilianism from the manuscripts; the correct Galician-Portuguese form would be pequen' as in CSM 77:18. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 252 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/455small.htmlExternal link |
| [F] | 63 |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 252http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=252
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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 | ɛrra | |||||
| b | iɾ | aɾ | al | i | oɾ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 9:56 |
| Slow | 100 | 4:58 |
| Medium | 150 | 3:18 |
| Fast | 200 | 2:29 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:59 |
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: 497
