CSM Cantiga 222 Lyrics and Music: Quen houvér na Grorïosa fïança con fé comprida

Quen houvér na Grorïosa fïança con fé comprida

Cantiga 222: Quen houvér na Grorïosa fïança con fé comprida

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Esta é do capelán que cantava missa no mõesteiro das donas d' Achélas, que é en Portugal, e consomiu ũa aranna, e depois saiu-lle pelo braço.

Line	Refrain	Metrics
1	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida †CSM 222:1Mettmann has conplida in the first refrain, following [E], and comprida in all reprises, following [F]. I have chosen to use the form comprida throughout, since it is by far the most common form of the word, and conplida (= complida) does not appear elsewhere.	7' \| 7' A
2	non lle nozirá poçonna, \| e dar-ll-á por sempre vida.	7' \| 7' A

	Stanza I
3	Ca ela troux' en séu ventre \| vida e luz verdadeira,	7' \| 7' b
4	per que os que son errados \| saca de maa carreira; †CSM 222:4Elmes has errados son following [E] directly, in place of Mettmann's editorial fix son errados. The latter fits the metre much better as well as restoring a more natural word order.	7' \| 7' b
5	demais, contra o dïabo \| ten ela por nós fronteira	7' \| 7' b
6	como nos nozir non póssa \| en esta vid' escarnida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza II
7	Pois dizer-vos quér' éu dela \| un miragre mui fremoso,	7' \| 7' b
8	e ben creo que vos seja \| d' oí-lo mui saboroso,	7' \| 7' b
9	e demais pera as almas \| seer-vos-á proveitoso;	7' \| 7' b
10	e per mi, quant' hei apreso, \| non será cousa falida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/222

	Stanza III
11	En Portugal, a par dũa \| vila, mui rica cidade	7' \| 7' b
12	que é chamada Lixbõa, \| com' éu achei en verdade,	7' \| 7' b
13	há i un rico mõesteiro \| de donas, e castidade †CSM 222:13Though I don't make a habit of philological observations, it's interesting to note that há i at the start of this line—which clearly has to be pronounced with synalepha as a single syllable—is a nice clear example of the origins of modern Galician "hai" and Castilian (Spanish) "hay" in the combination of verb and adverb.	7' \| 7' b	.o
14	mantẽen, que pois nos céos \| hajan por sempre guarida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza IV
15	Este mõesteir' Achélas \| há nom' e si é chamado;	7' \| 7' b
16	e un capelán das donas, \| bõo hóm' e enssinado,	7' \| 7' b
17	estava cantando missa \| com' havía costumado,	7' \| 7' b
18	e avẽo-ll' assí: ante \| que foss' a missa fĩida,	7' \| 7' A

	Stanza V
19	quando a consomir houve \| o Córpo de Jesú-Cristo,	7' \| 7' b
20	per que o démo vençudo \| foi ja por sempr' e conquisto,	7' \| 7' b
21	caeü dentro no cáliz, \| esto foi sabud' e visto, †CSM 222:21Mettmann, following both [E] and [F], has caeo at the start of this line, and in this case the variant spelling may well represent an attempt by the scribe to indicate the necessary diaeresis. I have normalized the spelling and marked the diaeresis with a trema as usual.	7' \| 7' b	.ood
22	per un fi' ũa aranna \| grand' e negr' e avorrida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/222

	Stanza VI
23	O capelán ũa péça \| estev' assí en dultança	7' \| 7' b
24	e non soube que fezésse; \| pero houve confïança	7' \| 7' b
25	na Virgen Santa María, \| e lógo sen demorança	7' \| 7' b
26	a aranna cono sángui \| houve lógo consumida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza VII
27	Pois que houv' a missa dita, \| o capelán lógo dessa	7' \| 7' b
28	foi contar est' aas donas \| des i aa prïoressa.	7' \| 7' b
29	E con medo de poçonna, \| mandou-o sangrar lógu' essa	7' \| 7' b
30	dona e toda-las monjas, \| esta cousa foi ordida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza VIII
31	Mais agora oïredes \| todos a mui gran façanna	7' \| 7' b
32	que alí mostrou a Virgen, \| nunca vistes tan estranna:	7' \| 7' b
33	pelo braço lle saiü \| viva aquela aranna, †CSM 222:33Compare line 21 above, and also CSM 171:51, 193:49 etc. This is another case where the preterite verb form requires diaeresis, turning the final diphthong into two syllables and thereby shifting the stress away from the end.	7' \| 7' b	.o
34	ante que sángui saísse \| per u déran a ferida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/222

	Stanza IX
35	As donas maravilladas \| foron desto fèramente	7' \| 7' b
36	e a aranna mostraron \| entôn a muita de gente,	7' \| 7' b
37	e loaron muit' a Madre \| de Déus Padr' omnipotente,	7' \| 7' b
38	que todos ao séu reino \| comunalmente convida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza X
39	Nós outrossí ar loemos \| a Virgen Santa María	7' \| 7' b
40	por tan fremoso miragre, \| e roguemos noit' e día	7' \| 7' b
41	a ela que do dïabo \| nos guard' e de sa perfía,	7' \| 7' b
42	que pera o paraíso \| vaamos dereita ida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

Footnotes

Line 1:	Mettmann has conplida in the first refrain, following [E], and comprida in all reprises, following [F]. I have chosen to use the form comprida throughout, since it is by far the most common form of the word, and conplida (= complida) does not appear elsewhere.
Line 4:	Elmes has errados son following [E] directly, in place of Mettmann's editorial fix son errados. The latter fits the metre much better as well as restoring a more natural word order.
Line 13:	Though I don't make a habit of philological observations, it's interesting to note that há i at the start of this line—which clearly has to be pronounced with synalepha as a single syllable—is a nice clear example of the origins of modern Galician "hai" and Castilian (Spanish) "hay" in the combination of verb and adverb.
Line 21:	Mettmann, following both [E] and [F], has caeo at the start of this line, and in this case the variant spelling may well represent an attempt by the scribe to indicate the necessary diaeresis. I have normalized the spelling and marked the diaeresis with a trema as usual.
Line 33:	Compare line 21 above, and also CSM 171:51, 193:49 etc. This is another case where the preterite verb form requires diaeresis, turning the final diphthong into two syllables and thereby shifting the stress away from the end.

Standard spelling

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Manuscript references

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

[E]	222	viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/402small.htmlExternal link
[F]	93

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data: CSM 222http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=222

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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	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
A	ida
b		ei̯ɾa	ozo	ade	ado	isto	anʦa	esa	aɲa	ente	i.a

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min.		Time
Very slow	50	19:50
Slow	100	9:55
Medium	150	6:36
Fast	200	4:57
Very fast	250	3:58

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: 992

Line	Refrain	Metrics
1	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida †CSM 222:1Mettmann has conplida in the first refrain, following [E], and comprida in all reprises, following [F]. I have chosen to use the form comprida throughout, since it is by far the most common form of the word, and conplida (= complida) does not appear elsewhere.	7' \| 7' A
2	non lle nozirá poçonna, \| e dar-ll-á por sempre vida.	7' \| 7' A

	Stanza I
3	Ca ela troux' en séu ventre \| vida e luz verdadeira,	7' \| 7' b
4	per que os que son errados \| saca de maa carreira; †CSM 222:4Elmes has errados son following [E] directly, in place of Mettmann's editorial fix son errados. The latter fits the metre much better as well as restoring a more natural word order.	7' \| 7' b
5	demais, contra o dïabo \| ten ela por nós fronteira	7' \| 7' b
6	como nos nozir non póssa \| en esta vid' escarnida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza II
7	Pois dizer-vos quér' éu dela \| un miragre mui fremoso,	7' \| 7' b
8	e ben creo que vos seja \| d' oí-lo mui saboroso,	7' \| 7' b
9	e demais pera as almas \| seer-vos-á proveitoso;	7' \| 7' b
10	e per mi, quant' hei apreso, \| non será cousa falida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/222

	Stanza III
11	En Portugal, a par dũa \| vila, mui rica cidade	7' \| 7' b
12	que é chamada Lixbõa, \| com' éu achei en verdade,	7' \| 7' b
13	há i un rico mõesteiro \| de donas, e castidade †CSM 222:13Though I don't make a habit of philological observations, it's interesting to note that há i at the start of this line—which clearly has to be pronounced with synalepha as a single syllable—is a nice clear example of the origins of modern Galician "hai" and Castilian (Spanish) "hay" in the combination of verb and adverb.	7' \| 7' b	.o
14	mantẽen, que pois nos céos \| hajan por sempre guarida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza IV
15	Este mõesteir' Achélas \| há nom' e si é chamado;	7' \| 7' b
16	e un capelán das donas, \| bõo hóm' e enssinado,	7' \| 7' b
17	estava cantando missa \| com' havía costumado,	7' \| 7' b
18	e avẽo-ll' assí: ante \| que foss' a missa fĩida,	7' \| 7' A

	Stanza V
19	quando a consomir houve \| o Córpo de Jesú-Cristo,	7' \| 7' b
20	per que o démo vençudo \| foi ja por sempr' e conquisto,	7' \| 7' b
21	caeü dentro no cáliz, \| esto foi sabud' e visto, †CSM 222:21Mettmann, following both [E] and [F], has caeo at the start of this line, and in this case the variant spelling may well represent an attempt by the scribe to indicate the necessary diaeresis. I have normalized the spelling and marked the diaeresis with a trema as usual.	7' \| 7' b	.ood
22	per un fi' ũa aranna \| grand' e negr' e avorrida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/222

	Stanza VI
23	O capelán ũa péça \| estev' assí en dultança	7' \| 7' b
24	e non soube que fezésse; \| pero houve confïança	7' \| 7' b
25	na Virgen Santa María, \| e lógo sen demorança	7' \| 7' b
26	a aranna cono sángui \| houve lógo consumida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza VII
27	Pois que houv' a missa dita, \| o capelán lógo dessa	7' \| 7' b
28	foi contar est' aas donas \| des i aa prïoressa.	7' \| 7' b
29	E con medo de poçonna, \| mandou-o sangrar lógu' essa	7' \| 7' b
30	dona e toda-las monjas, \| esta cousa foi ordida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza VIII
31	Mais agora oïredes \| todos a mui gran façanna	7' \| 7' b
32	que alí mostrou a Virgen, \| nunca vistes tan estranna:	7' \| 7' b
33	pelo braço lle saiü \| viva aquela aranna, †CSM 222:33Compare line 21 above, and also CSM 171:51, 193:49 etc. This is another case where the preterite verb form requires diaeresis, turning the final diphthong into two syllables and thereby shifting the stress away from the end.	7' \| 7' b	.o
34	ante que sángui saísse \| per u déran a ferida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/222

	Stanza IX
35	As donas maravilladas \| foron desto fèramente	7' \| 7' b
36	e a aranna mostraron \| entôn a muita de gente,	7' \| 7' b
37	e loaron muit' a Madre \| de Déus Padr' omnipotente,	7' \| 7' b
38	que todos ao séu reino \| comunalmente convida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

	Stanza X
39	Nós outrossí ar loemos \| a Virgen Santa María	7' \| 7' b
40	por tan fremoso miragre, \| e roguemos noit' e día	7' \| 7' b
41	a ela que do dïabo \| nos guard' e de sa perfía,	7' \| 7' b
42	que pera o paraíso \| vaamos dereita ida.	7' \| 7' A
	Quen houvér na Grorïosa \| fïança con fé comprida...

CSM Cantiga 222 Lyrics: Quen houvér na Grorïosa fïança con fé comprida