CSM Cantiga 98 Lyrics: Non dev' a Santa María mercee pedir

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Non dev' a Santa María mercee pedir
Cantiga 98: Non dev' a Santa María mercee pedir
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Como ũa mollér quis entrar en Santa María de Valverde e non pude abrir as pórtas atẽen que se mãefestou.

Line Refrain  Metrics  
1 Non dev' a Santa María | mercee pedir 7' | 5  A
2 aquel que de séus pecados | non se repentir. 7' | 5  A
 
  Stanza I     
3 Desto direi un miragre | que contar oí 7' | 5  b
4 a hómees e molléres | que estavan i, 7' | 5  b
5 de como Santa María | desdennou assí 7' | 5  b
6 ante todos ũa dona | que fora falir. 7' | 5  A
  Non dev' a Santa María | mercee pedir...    
 
  Stanza II     
7 E o falimento fora | grand' e sen razôn; 7' | 5  b
8 e porque s' ên non doía | en séu coraçôn, 7' | 5  b
9 pero a Santa María | foi pedir entôn 7' | 5  b
10 que entrass' en sa eigreja, | non quis consentir. 7' | 5  A
  Non dev' a Santa María | mercee pedir...    
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/98
 
  Stanza III     
11 Aquesto foi en Valverde, | cabo Monpislér, 7' | 5  b
12 u faz a Virgen miragres | grandes quando quér, 7' | 5  b
13 u vẽo aquesta dona, | mui póbre mollér, 7' | 5  b
14 por entrar ena eigreja; | mas non pod' abrir 7' | 5  A
 
  Stanza IV     
15 as pórtas per nulla guisa | que podéss' entrar; 7' | 5  b
16 e entravan i os outros, | dous e tres a par. 7' | 5  b
17 Quand' aquesto viu a dona, | fillou-s' a chorar 7' | 5  b
18 e con coita a cativa | sas faces carpir, 7' | 5  A
 
  Stanza V     
19 dizendo: “Santa María, | tu, Madre de Déus, 7' | 5  b
20 mui mais son as tas mercees | que pecados méus; 7' | 5  b
21 e fas-me, Sennor, que seja | éu dos sérvos téus 7' | 5  b
22 e que entre na eigreja | tas hóras oír.” 7' | 5  A
  Non dev' a Santa María | mercee pedir...    
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/98
 
  Stanza VI     
23 Pois que aquest' houve dit' e | se mãefestou 7' | 5  b
24 e do mal que feit' havía | muito lle pesou, 7' | 5  b
25 entôn as pórtas abértas | viu, e lógu' entrou 7' | 5  b
26 na eigreja muit' aginna. | E esto gracir 7' | 5  A
 
  Stanza VII     
27 foi ela e muita gente | que aquesto viu. 7' | 5  b
28 E sempr' ela en sa vida | a Virgen serviu 7' | 5  b
29 e nunca des aquel' hóra | dalí se partiu, 7' | 5  b
30 ante punnou todavía | d' a Virgen servir. 7' | 5  A
  Non dev' a Santa María | mercee pedir...    
 
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Footnotes

E1:

This phrase is notated a third (one stave line) too low in [E].

E2:

Unusually, there is a whole blank 5-line stave in the manuscript before this full reprise of the refrain.

Manuscript references

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

[E]98viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/215small.htmlExternal link
[T]98 
[To]94viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob083small.gifExternal link

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data:  CSM 98http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=98

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Metrical summary

Refrain

7' | 5  7' | 5

Stanzas

7' | 5  7' | 5  7' | 5  7' | 5

Rhyme

AA / bbbA
 RIIIIIIIVVVIVII
A
b iɛɾɛu̯sou̯iu̯

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min. Time
Very slow5011:26
Slow1005:43
Medium1503:48
Fast2002:51
Very fast2502:17

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: 572