Esta é de loor de Santa María.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Quen entender quisér, entendedor | 10 A | |
| 2 | seja da Madre de Nóstro Sennor. | 10 A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Ca ela faz todo ben entender, | 10 b | |
| 4 | e entendendo nos faz connocer | 10 b | |
| 5 | Nóstro Sennor e o séu ben haver | 10 b | |
| 6 | e que perçamos do démo pavor, | 10 A | |
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | en cujo poder outras donas van | 10 b | |
| 8 | metê-los séus, e coita e afán | 10 b | |
| 9 | lles fazen sofrer, atal costum' han; | 10 b | |
| 10 | porên non é leal o séu amor. | 10 A | |
| Quen entender quisér, entendedor... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | As outras fazen hóme seer fól | 10 b | |
| 12 | e preçan-s' ende, assí seer sól; | 10 b | |
| 13 | mais esta nos dá sis' e faz-nos pról | 10 b | |
| 14 | e guarda-nos de fazê-lo peior. | 10 A | |
| Quen entender quisér, entendedor... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | As outras dan séu ben fazendo mal, | 10 b | |
| 16 | e esta dando-o sempre mais val; | 10 b | |
| 17 | e queno gaannad' há, non lle fal, | 10 b | |
| 18 | senôn se é mui mao pecador. | 10 A | |
| Quen entender quisér, entendedor... | |||
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | As outras muitas vezes van mentir, | 10 b | |
| 20 | mas aquesta nunca non quér falir; | 10 b | |
| 21 | e porende, quen se dela partir | 10 b | |
| 22 | Déu-lo cofonda, per u quér que for. | 10 A | |
| Quen entender quisér, entendedor... | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/130 | |||
| Stanza VI | |||
| 23 | As outras nos fazen muit' esperar | 10 b | |
| 24 | polo séu ben e por el lazerar, | 10 b | |
| 25 | mas esta non quér con séu ben tardar | 10 b | |
| 26 | e dá-nos ben d' outros bẽes maior. | 10 A | |
| Quen entender quisér, entendedor... | |||
| Stanza VII | |||
| 27 | E porên séu entendedor serei | 10 b | |
| 28 | enquant' éu viva, e a loarei | 10 b | |
| 29 | e de muitos bẽes que faz direi | 10 b | |
| 30 | e miragres grandes, ond' hei sabor. | 10 A | |
| Quen entender quisér, entendedor... | |||
Footnotes
| E1: | The score in [E] ends with a blank 5-line stave at the top of the second column, with text but no music. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 130 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/262small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 130 |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 130http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=130
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 10 10 |
Stanzas
| 10 10 10 10 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | oɾ | |||||||
| b | eɾ | aŋ | ɔl | al | iɾ | aɾ | ei̯ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 8:48 |
| Slow | 100 | 4:24 |
| Medium | 150 | 2:55 |
| Fast | 200 | 2:12 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:45 |
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: 440
