Como el rei pidiu mercee a Santa María que o guarecesse dũa grand' enfermidade que havía; e ela, como sennor poderosa, guarecê-o.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Santa María, valed', ai Sennor, | 10 A | |
| 2 | e acorred' a vósso trobador, | 10 A | |
| 3 | que mal lle vai. †CSM 279:3Mettmann's mal le matches malle, written that way without a space, in both [E] and [To]. As in CSM 65:32, this could be a Castilianism or a simple visual mistake; either way, mal lle is more correct. | 4 B | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 4 | A tan gran mal e a tan gran door, | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 5 | como sofr' este vósso loador; | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 6 | e sã' é ja, se vos ên prazer for, | 10 A | |
| 7 | do que diz “ai”. | 4 B | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 8 | Pois vos Déus fez d' outra cousa mellor | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 9 | e vos déu por nóssa rezõador, | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 10 | seede-mi óra bõ' ajudador †CSM 279:10Although synaeresis in forms of the verb seer is quite common, and might be expected here, it is in fact trumped by the more-or-less obligatory synalepha after the unstressed personal pronoun mi. | 10 A | .on |
| 11 | en est' enssai | 4 B | |
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| Stanza III | |||
| 12 | que me faz a mórt', ond' hei gran pavor, | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 13 | e o mal que me ten tod' en redor, | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 14 | que me fezo mais verde mia coor †CSM 279:14Mettmann fez; [To] fezo; [E] fez. | 10 A | |
| 15 | que dun cambrai. | 4 B | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 16 | Que fez entôn a galardõador | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 17 | de todo ben e do mal sãador? | 10 A | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor | |||
| 18 | Tolleu-ll' a féver e aquel humor | 10 A | |
| 19 | mao e lai. | 4 B | |
| Santa María, valed', ai Sennor... | |||
Footnotes
This is another rondeau. Compare CSM 41, CSM 120, CSM 143 and CSM 308.
| Line 3: | Mettmann's mal le matches malle, written that way without a space, in both [E] and [To]. As in CSM 65:32, this could be a Castilianism or a simple visual mistake; either way, mal lle is more correct. |
| Line 10: | Although synaeresis in forms of the verb seer is quite common, and might be expected here, it is in fact trumped by the more-or-less obligatory synalepha after the unstressed personal pronoun mi. |
| Line 14: |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 279 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/499small.htmlExternal link |
| [To] | X | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob104small.gifExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 279http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=279
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 10 10 4 |
Stanzas
| 10 10 10 4 |
Rhyme
AAB / AAAB| R | I | II | III | IV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | oɾ | ||||
| B | ai̯ | ||||
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 6:43 |
| Slow | 100 | 3:21 |
| Medium | 150 | 2:14 |
| Fast | 200 | 1:40 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:20 |
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: 336
