Esta é de loor de Santa María.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Maldito seja quen non loará | 10 A | |
| 2 | a que en si todas bondades há. | 10 A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Maldito seja o que non loar | 10 b | |
| 4 | a que de bondades non houve par | 10 b | |
| 5 | nen haverá mentr' o mundo durar, | 10 b | |
| 6 | ca Déus non fez outra tal, nen fará. | 10 A | |
| Maldito seja quen non loará... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | Bẽeito seja sempr' o loador | 10 b | |
| 8 | de tan nóbr' e tan honrrada Sennor, | 10 b | |
| 9 | de que naceu Déus, hóm' e Salvador, | 10 b | |
| 10 | ca pois gualardõado lle será. | 10 A | |
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| Refrain | |||
| 11 | Bẽeito seja o que loará †CSM 290:11In this cantiga, the first line of the refrain alternates between the rather negative original Maldito seja quen non loará and the more positive-sounding Bẽeito seja o que loará. The second line of the refrain is always the same. | 10 A | |
| 12 | a que en si todas bondades há. | 10 A | |
| Stanza III | |||
| 13 | Maldito seja quen non dissér ben | 10 b | |
| 14 | daquela en que non falece ren | 10 b | |
| 15 | de quant' a bondad' e a prez convên, | 10 b | |
| 16 | e esto ja mais non lle falirá. | 10 A | |
| Maldito seja quen non loará... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 17 | Bẽeito seja quen sempre servir | 10 b | |
| 18 | a Madre de Déus, Virgen sen falir; | 10 b | |
| 19 | ca, pois que deste mundo se partir, | 10 b | |
| 20 | ant' o séu Fillo o presentará. | 10 A | |
| Bẽeito seja o que loará... | |||
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| Stanza V | |||
| 21 | Maldito seja quen ben non dissér | 10 b | |
| 22 | da mellor das bõas e non quisér | 10 b | |
| 23 | haver séu amor enquanto podér, | 10 b | |
| 24 | ca por aquest' o de Déus haverá. | 10 A | |
| Maldito seja quen non loará... | |||
| Stanza VI | |||
| 25 | Bẽeito seja o que gran prazer | 10 b | |
| 26 | há de loar tal Sennor, que haver | 10 b | |
| 27 | nos fez amor de Déus e connocer | 10 b | |
| 28 | ela que por nós todos rogará. | 10 A | |
| Bẽeito seja o que loará... | |||
Footnotes
| Line 11: | In this cantiga, the first line of the refrain alternates between the rather negative original Maldito seja quen non loará and the more positive-sounding Bẽeito seja o que loará. The second line of the refrain is always the same. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 290 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/517small.htmlExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 290http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=290
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 10 10 |
Stanzas
| 10 10 10 10 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | a | ||||||
| b | aɾ | oɾ | eŋ | iɾ | ɛɾ | eɾ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 7:35 |
| Slow | 100 | 3:47 |
| Medium | 150 | 2:31 |
| Fast | 200 | 1:53 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:31 |
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: 380
