Esta é como Santa María guardou o monge, que o démo quis espantar por lo fazer perder.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Virgen Santa María, | 6' A | |
| 2 | guarda-nos, se te praz, | 6 B | |
| 3 | da gran sabedoría | 6' A | |
| 4 | que eno démo jaz. | 6 B | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 5 | Ca ele noit' e día punna de nos meter | 6'6 c | |
| 6 | per que façamos érro, porque a Déus perder | 6'6 c | |
| 7 | hajamo-lo téu Fillo, que quis por nós sofrer | 6'6 c | |
| 8 | na cruz paxôn e mórte, que houvéssemos paz. | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 9 | E desto, méus amigos, vos quér' óra contar | 6'6 c | |
| 10 | un miragre fremoso, de que fix méu cantar, | 6'6 c | |
| 11 | como Santa María foi un monge guardar | 6'6 c | |
| 12 | da tentaçôn do démo, a que do ben despraz. | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 13 | Este monj' ordinnado éra, segund' oí, | 6'6 c | |
| 14 | muit', e mui ben sa orden tiínna, com' aprendí; †CSM 47:14Synaeresis in tiínna is very common, and is confirmed here by [T] where the music for this stanza is written out, and this word (spelled tĩja) gets just one note and one ligature, .o + .ra. | 6'6 c | .o |
| 15 | mas o démo arteiro o contorvou assí | 6'6 c | |
| 16 | que o fez na adega bever do vinn' assaz. | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 17 | Pero beved' estava muit', o monge quis s' ir | 6'6 c | |
| 18 | dereit' aa eigreja; mas o dém' a saír | 6'6 c | |
| 19 | en figura de touro o foi, polo ferir | 6'6 c | |
| 20 | con séus córnos merjudos, ben como touro faz. | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Stanza V | |||
| 21 | Quand' esto viu o monge, fèramên s' espantou | 6'6 c | |
| 22 | e a Santa María mui de rijo chamou, | 6'6 c | |
| 23 | que ll' apareceu lógu' e o tour' amẽaçou, | 6'6 c | |
| 24 | dizendo: “Vai ta vía, muit' és de mal solaz.” | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 25 | Pois en figura d' hóme pareceu-ll' outra vez, | 6'6 c | |
| 26 | longu' e magr' e veloso e negro come pez; | 6'6 c | |
| 27 | mas acorreu-lle lógo a Virgen de bon prez, | 6'6 c | |
| 28 | dizendo: “Fuge, mao, mui peor que rapaz.” | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Stanza VII | |||
| 29 | Pois entrou na eigreja, ar pareceu-ll' entôn | 6'6 c | |
| 30 | o démo en figura de mui bravo leôn; | 6'6 c | |
| 31 | mas a Virgen mui santa déu-lle con un bastôn, | 6'6 c | |
| 32 | dizendo: “Tól-t', astroso, e lógo te desfaz.” | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Stanza VIII | |||
| 33 | Pois que Santa María o séu monj' acorreu, | 6'6 c | |
| 34 | como vos hei ja dito, e ll' o medo tolleu | 6'6 c | |
| 35 | do démo e do vinno, con que éra sandeu, | 6'6 c | |
| 36 | disse-ll': “Hoi mais te guarda e non sejas malvaz.” | 6'6 B | |
| Virgen Santa María... | |||
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Footnotes
| Line 14: | Synaeresis in tiínna is very common, and is confirmed here by [T] where the music for this stanza is written out, and this word (spelled tĩja) gets just one note and one ligature, .o + .ra. |
Footnotes
| E1: | See E2. |
| E2: | The final stem of the original long plica at this position is definitely crossed out in the manuscript facsimile, and it seems likely that the scribe's intention was to strike both stems of the second component note, turning it into the equivalent of the corresponding augmented notes at E1, E3 and following lines. (In general, .ono and .one are used with the same metrical value anyway.) |
| E3: | See E2. |
| E4: | The virga .on at this position in the manuscript has no underlaid text and appears to be a scribal error. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 47 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/134small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 47 | |
| [To] | 61 | view p1http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob057small.gifExternal link view p2http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob058small.gifExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 47http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=47
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 6' 6 6' 6 |
Stanzas
| 6' | 6 6' | 6 6' | 6 6' | 6 |
Rhyme
ABAB / cccB| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | i.a | ||||||||
| B | aʣ | ||||||||
| c | eɾ | aɾ | i | iɾ | ou̯ | eʣ | oŋ | eu̯ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 13:00 |
| Slow | 100 | 6:30 |
| Medium | 150 | 4:19 |
| Fast | 200 | 3:15 |
| Very fast | 250 | 2:36 |
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: 650
