Como Santa María guardou un monge dos dïáboos que o quiséran tentar e se lle mostraron en figuras de pórcos polo fazer perder.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | A Santa María mui bon servir faz, | 11 A | |
| 2 | pois o poder ela do démo desfaz. | 11 A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Ond' avẽo desto que en Conturbél | 11 b | |
| 4 | fez Santa María miragre mui bél | 11 b | |
| 5 | por un monge bõo, cast' e mui fïél, | 11 b | |
| 6 | que viu de dïabres vĩir mui grand' az. | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | En séu leito, u jazía por dormir, | 11 b | |
| 8 | viu-os come pórcos contra si vĩir | 11 b | |
| 9 | atán espantosos, que per ren guarir | 11 b | |
| 10 | non cuidava, e dizía-lles: “Az, az.” | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | El assí estando en mui gran pavor, | 11 b | |
| 12 | viu entrar un hóme negro de coor | 11 b | |
| 13 | que diss' aos pórcos: “Lóg' a derredor | 11 b | |
| 14 | dele vos meted', e non dôrmia en paz.” | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | Eles responderon: “Aquesto fazer | 11 b | |
| 16 | queremos de grado, mais nïún poder | 11 b | |
| 17 | de fazê-lle mal non podemos haver | 11 b | |
| 18 | por gran santidade que en ele jaz.” | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | E aquel dïabo lles respôs assí: | 11 b | |
| 20 | “Pois vós non podedes, ar leixad' a mi, | 11 b | |
| 21 | que con estes garfios que éu trag' aquí | 11 b | |
| 22 | o desfarei, pero que trage frocaz.” | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 23 | O frad', est' oíndo, espantou-se mal | 11 b | |
| 24 | e chamou a Virgen, a que nunca fal | 11 b | |
| 25 | aas grandes coitas, dizendo-lle: “Val | 11 b | |
| 26 | me, ca de gran medo hei end' éu assaz.” | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
| Stanza VII | |||
| 27 | E a Grorïosa tan tóste chegou | 11 b | |
| 28 | e ant' aquel frade lógo se parou | 11 b | |
| 29 | e con ũa vara mal amẽaçou | 11 b | |
| 30 | aquela companna do démo malvaz, | 11 A | |
| Stanza VIII | |||
| 31 | dizendo: “Como vós ousastes parar | 11 b | |
| 32 | ant' este méu frade neno espantar? | 11 b | |
| 33 | Porên no inférno ide lógu' entrar | 11 b | |
| 34 | con vósso mal rei, mui peor que rapaz.” | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
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| Stanza IX | |||
| 35 | Quand' eles oíron aquesta razôn, | 11 b | |
| 36 | como fumo se desfezéron entôn; | 11 b | |
| 37 | e a Virgen santa mans' e en bon son | 11 b | |
| 38 | confortou o frade, dizend': “A mi praz | 11 A | |
| Stanza X | |||
| 39 | a vida que fazes; e porende ben | 11 b | |
| 40 | fas d' hoj' adeante que non leixes ren | 11 b | |
| 41 | de fazeres quant' a ta orden convên.” | 11 b | |
| 42 | Esto dito, tolleu-xe-lle d' ant' a faz. | 11 A | |
| A Santa María mui bon servir faz... | |||
Footnotes
| E1: | There is just a hint of flat on this stave in Anglés' facsimile of [E], but it is strangely formed, being no more than a dot (albeit at the correct vertical position) just after the long plica .oron to which it would apply. However, the melody clearly needs the flat, and it is indeed present in [T], so I have added one here in the normal place. |
| E2: | The small size, unusual vertical position and mid-stave introduction of this clef all seem to indicate that it's basically a correction, due to the scribe having written the remaining notes on the stave at the wrong pitch. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 82 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/190small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 82 | |
| [To] | V | view p1http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob100small.gifExternal link view p2http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob101small.gifExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 82http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=82
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 11 11 |
Stanzas
| 11 11 11 11 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | aʣ | ||||||||||
| b | ɛl | iɾ | oɾ | eɾ | i | al | ou̯ | aɾ | oŋ | eŋ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 13:38 |
| Slow | 100 | 6:49 |
| Medium | 150 | 4:32 |
| Fast | 200 | 3:24 |
| Very fast | 250 | 2:43 |
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: 682
