Como a alcaidessa caeu de cima da pena de Róenas d' Alvarrazín, e chamou Santa María e non se feriu.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | O que de Santa María sa mercee ben gaanna, | 7'7' A | |
| 2 | de tod' ocajôn o guarda, ja non será tan estranna. †CSM 191:2Elmes' "astranna" at the end of this line is a simple typographical error. | 7'7' A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Dest' avẽo gran miragre, per com' a mi foi mostrado, | 7'7' b | |
| 4 | a ũa mollér que éra dun castélo que chamado | 7'7' b | |
| 5 | é Róenas, que en térmio d' Alvarrazín é poblado, | 7'7' b | |
| 6 | en cima dũa gran pena, ben en cabo da montanna. | 7'7' A | |
| O que de Santa María sa mercee ben gaanna... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | O alcaide do castélo éra un póbr' escudeiro | 7'7' b | |
| 8 | que fora por sa soldada, cuidand' end' algún dinneiro | 7'7' b | |
| 9 | haver; mais polo castélo non ficar assí senlleiro, | 7'7' b | |
| 10 | ficou i a alcaidessa, e que fillar foi per manna | 7'7' A | |
| Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/191 | |||
| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | d' ir cada día por agua mui longe a ũa fonte | 7'7' b | |
| 12 | que nacía en un vale juso a pé desse monte, | 7'7' b | |
| 13 | indo per un semedeiro. E mui ben que vos éu conte | 7'7' b | |
| 14 | como ll' avẽo u ía, pera fillardes façanna | 7'7' A | |
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | de servirdes ben a Virgen, que esta muito servía. | 7'7' b | |
| 16 | E quand' en cima da pena foi, de que decer quería | 7'7' b | |
| 17 | contra a fonte por agua, un tal vento a fería | 7'7' b | |
| 18 | que a espennou de cima, chamand' a Virgen sen sanna | 7'7' A | |
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | que lle valvéss'. E tan tóste foi sa oraçôn oída; | 7'7' b | |
| 20 | ca pero caeu mui d' alte, non foi mórta nen ferida, | 7'7' b | |
| 21 | mas ergeu-s' e déu loores aa Virgen mui comprida | 7'7' b | |
| 22 | de ben; e este miragre soubéron per tod' Espanna. | 7'7' A | |
| O que de Santa María sa mercee ben gaanna... | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/191 | |||
Footnotes
| Line 2: | Elmes' "astranna" at the end of this line is a simple typographical error. |
Footnotes
| E1: | This note is smudged in the manuscript, but a virga .on at this position matches the first refrain. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 191 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/350small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 191 |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 191http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=191
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 7' | 7' 7' | 7' |
Stanzas
| 7' | 7' 7' | 7' 7' | 7' 7' | 7' |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | aɲa | |||||
| b | ado | ei̯ɾo | onte | i.a | ida | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 10:14 |
| Slow | 100 | 5:07 |
| Medium | 150 | 3:24 |
| Fast | 200 | 2:33 |
| Very fast | 250 | 2:02 |
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: 512
