Esta é de loor de Santa María.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | A que Déus ama, amar devemos; | 9' A | |
| 2 | a que Déus preça e nós precemos, | 9' A | |
| 3 | a que Déus honrra, nós muit' honrremos; | 9' A | |
| 4 | esta é sa Madre Santa María. | 10' B | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 5 | Non houv' a outra tal amor mostrado | 10' c | |
| 6 | com' a esta, pois el quis ensserrado | 10' c | |
| 7 | seer en ela e hóme formado, | 10' c | |
| 8 | e fez Madre da filla que havía. | 10' B | |
| A que Déus ama, amar devemos... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 9 | Preçou-a mais d' outra ren que fezésse, | 10' c | |
| 10 | pois que quiso que el por fill' houvésse | 10' c | |
| 11 | e outrossí que todo ben soubésse, | 10' c | |
| 12 | mais que quantas cousas feitas havía. | 10' B | |
| A que Déus ama, amar devemos... | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/150 | |||
| Stanza III | |||
| 13 | Honrrou-a tanto, per que é chamada | 10' c | |
| 14 | Sennor de todos, Madr' e Avogada; | 10' c | |
| 15 | e foi nos Céos per el corõada, | 10' c | |
| 16 | e a par dele sée todavía. | 10' B | |
| A que Déus ama, amar devemos... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 17 | E pois per ela nos déu nóva lee | 10' c | |
| 18 | Nóstro Sennor, peçamos-lle mercee | 10' c | |
| 19 | que róg' a el que nóssos érros vee, | 10' c | |
| 20 | que nos guarde de mal e de folía. | 10' B | |
| A que Déus ama, amar devemos... | |||
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 150 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/290small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | — | (folio lost) |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 150http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=150
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 9' 9' 9' 10' |
Stanzas
| 10' 10' 10' 10' |
Rhyme
AAAB / cccB| R | I | II | III | IV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | emos | ||||
| B | i.a | ||||
| c | ado | ɛse | ada | e.e | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 7:37 |
| Slow | 100 | 3:48 |
| Medium | 150 | 2:32 |
| Fast | 200 | 1:54 |
| Very fast | 250 | 1:31 |
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: 381
