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CSM Cantiga 49 Lyrics: Ben com' aos que van per mar a estrela guía

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Ben com' aos que van per mar a estrela guía
Cantiga 49: Ben com' aos que van per mar a estrela guía
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Esta é de como Santa María guïou os roméus, que ían a sa eigreja a Seixôn e erraran o caminno de noite.

Line Refrain  Metrics  
1 Ben com' aos que van per mar 8  A
2 a estrela guía, 5' B
3 outrossí aos séus guïar 8  A
4 vai Santa María. 5' B
 
  Stanza I     
5 Ca ela nos vai demostrar 8  c
6 de como nos guardemos 6' d
7 do démo e de mal obrar, 8  c
8 e en como gãemos 6' d
9 o séu reino que non há par, 8  c
10 que nós ja perdemos 5' d
11 per don' Éva, que foi errar 8  c
12 per sa gran folía. 5' B
  Ben com' aos que van per mar...    
 
  Stanza II     
13 E ar acórre-nos aquí 8  c
14 enas mui grandes coitas, 6' d
15 segund' éu sei ben e oí, 8  c
16 quaes havemos doitas; 6' d
17 ca muitos hómees éu vi 8  c
18 e molléres moitas 5' d
19 a que el' acorreu assí 8  c
20 de noit' e de día. 5' B
  Ben com' aos que van per mar...    
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  Stanza III     
21 E, segund' éu oí dizer, 8  c
22 ũa mui gran companna 6' d
23 de roméus ar foi guarecer 8  c
24 en ũa gran montanna, 6' d
25 en que s' houvéran de perder 8  c
26 con coita estranna, 5' d
27 porque lles foi escurecer 8  c
28 e perderon vía. 5' B
  Ben com' aos que van per mar...    
 
  Stanza IV     
29 E sen aquest' un med' atal 8  c
30 enos séus corações 6' d
31 havían mui féro mortal, 8  c
32 ca andavan ladrões 6' d
33 per i fazendo muito mal; 8  c
34 porend' orações 5' d
35 fezéron todos i sen al, 8  c
36 quis come sabía, 5' B
 
  Stanza V     
37 e chamand' a Madre de Déus, 8  c
38 com' é nósso costume, 6' d
39 que dos graves pecados séus 8  c
40 perdess' ela queixume; 6' d
41 e lógo aqueles roméus 8  c
42 viron mui gran lume 5' d
43 e disséron: “Ai, Sennor, téus 8  c
44 somos todavía.” 5' B
  Ben com' aos que van per mar...    
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  Stanza VI     
45 E en aquel gran lum' entôn 8  c
46 viron ũa mui béla 6' d
47 mollér de córp' e de faiçôn, 8  c
48 e ben come donzéla 6' d
49 lles pareceu; e pero non 8  c
50 siía en séla, 5' d
51 mas tinna na mã' un bastôn †CSM 49:51Note here the form tinna (synonymous with tiínna), with just two natural syllables. This is found in [E] and [To] (spelled tĩa) and reproduced by Mettmann, and it provides good solid support for the use of synaeresis in tiínna elsewhere. 8  c
52 que resprandecía. 5' B
  Ben com' aos que van per mar...    
 
  Stanza VII     
53 E poi-la donzéla chegou, 8  c
54 todas essas montannas 6' d
55 do séu gran lum' alumẽou, 8  c
56 e lógo as compannas 6' d
57 dereito a Seixôn levou 8  c
58 e per muit' estrannas 5' d
59 térras en salvo os guïou 8  c
60 come quen podía. 5' B
  Ben com' aos que van per mar...    
 

Footnotes

Line 51:

Note here the form tinna (synonymous with tiínna), with just two natural syllables. This is found in [E] and [To] (spelled tĩa) and reproduced by Mettmann, and it provides good solid support for the use of synaeresis in tiínna elsewhere.
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Footnotes

E1:

Comparing this phrase with the second line of the refrain, and the vuelta, it appears that the [E] scribe lost track of the non-standard clef position and wrote these four notes and ligatures a line too low on the stave. Elmes notes this, and observes that [To] is correct.

Manuscript references

External links marked are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.

[E]49viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/137small.htmlExternal link
[T]49 
[To]63view p1http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob059small.gifExternal link
view p2http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob060small.gifExternal link

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data:  CSM 49http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=49

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Metrical summary

Refrain

8  5'  8  5'

Stanzas

8  6'  8  6'  8  5'  8  5'

Rhyme

ABAB / cdcdcdcB
 RIIIIIIIVVVIVII
Aaɾ 
Bi.a
c aɾieɾalɛu̯soŋou̯
d emosoi̯tasaɲaoŋesumeɛlaaɲas

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min. Time
Very slow5012:35
Slow1006:17
Medium1504:12
Fast2003:08
Very fast2502:31

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: 630

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