CSM Cantiga 277 Lyrics: Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa a Virgen rogar per ren

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Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa a Virgen rogar per ren
Cantiga 277: Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa a Virgen rogar per ren
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Como Santa María guardou oito almograves en ũa fazenda que houvéron con mouros, porque non comeron carn' en sábado.

Line Refrain  Metrics  
1 Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren 7' | 7  A
2 aquele que as sas féstas | non guarda e 'n pouco ten. CSM 277:2Mettmann, following [E], has non guarda e en pouco ten in the second hemistich here. Elmes deals with the surplus syllable (which does not have an extra note in the music) by eliding guarda, giving non guard' e en pouco ten, but I would suggest elision of en as a more natural-sounding resolution that better preserves the important content words (since guard' e sounds too much like the subjunctive guarde). 7' | 7  A
 
  Stanza I     
3 E dest' un mui gran miragre | demostrou Santa María 7' | 7' b
4 en dezeseis almograves | que foron en azaría 7' | 7' b
5 aa térra que chamada | ést' Algarve, u soía 7' | 7' b
6 haver gran gente de mouros | que s' ên foron, e foi ben. 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 
  Stanza II     
7 Eles de Lisbõa éran, | e atal preito poséron 7' | 7' b
8 ontre si que correr fossen | o Algarv', e si fezéron. 7' | 7' b
9 E porên de sũu todos | foron correr, e houvéron 7' | 7' b
10 d' achar un cérvo no monte, | mui mais grósso ca de bren, 7' | 7  A
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  Stanza III     
11 que punnou de fogir deles. | Mas tóste o acalçaron 7' | 7' b
12 e matárono aginna; | des i lógo o assaron, 7' | 7' b
13 e des que foi ben assado, | lóg' a comer s' assentaron, 7' | 7' b
14 ca de tod' outra vïanda | eles non tiínnan ren. 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 
  Stanza IV     
15 Sábad' éra aquel día | quand' a comer s' assentavan 7' | 7' b
16 daquel cérvo; mas os oito | que o sábado guardavan 7' | 7' b
17 por honrra da Virgen santa, | sól de comer non penssavan 7' | 7' b
18 daquel cérvo, mas comían | pan, qual en guérra convên. 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 
  Stanza V     
19 Os outros oito disséron | que da carne comerían 7' | 7' b
20 quanta mais dela podéssen | e que a non leixarían, 7' | 7' b
21 e ben assí o fezéron; | e fartos dalí s' ergían 7' | 7' b
22 aqueles oito da carne, | dizendo: “Non vai nen ven 7' | 7  A
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  Stanza VI     
23 de jajũar en tal térra | e andand' en cavalgada; 7' | 7' b
24 porên que quér comeremos | que non leixaremos nada.” 7' | 7' b
25 E tan tóste começaron | d' andar per essa 'ncontrada, 7' | 7' b
26 e acharon-se con mouros; | mas a todos non prougu' ên. 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 
  Stanza VII     
27 Ca os que i jajũavan | foron sãos e guaridos, 7' | 7' b
28 e os que comeron carne, | maltreitos e mal feridos; 7' | 7' b
29 e macar que se preçavan | de fórtes muit' e d' ardidos, 7' | 7' b
30 non foi tal que non dissésse: | “Quen foss' hoj' en Santarên!” 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 
  Stanza VIII     
31 Ca assí como lles davan | lançadas pelos costados, 7' | 7' b
32 per cada ũa ferida | saían grandes bocados 7' | 7' b
33 daquel cérvo que comeran; | e desto maravillados 7' | 7' b
34 foron end' os outros oito | que fezéran mellor sen 7' | 7  A
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  Stanza IX     
35 porque jajũad' havían. | Porend' os mouros venceron, 7' | 7' b
36 e correron depós eles | e mataron e prenderon 7' | 7' b
37 todos con quantos lidaron, | e chaga non receberon; 7' | 7' b
38 porên disséron: “Ai, Virgen, | bẽeita sejas, amên.” 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 
  Stanza X     
39 Os outros, quand' esto viron, | prometeron que leixassen 7' | 7' b
40 d' en sábado comer carne, | e que o muito guardassen 7' | 7' b
41 por honrra da Virgen santa, | e sempre o jajũassen 7' | 7' b
42 por tal miragre que fezo | a Sennor que nos mantên. 7' | 7  A
  Maravillo-m' éu com' ousa | a Virgen rogar per ren...    
 

Footnotes

Line 2:

Mettmann, following [E], has non guarda e en pouco ten in the second hemistich here. Elmes deals with the surplus syllable (which does not have an extra note in the music) by eliding guarda, giving non guard' e en pouco ten, but I would suggest elision of en as a more natural-sounding resolution that better preserves the important content words (since guard' e sounds too much like the subjunctive guarde).

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E1:

In the [E] manuscript the lyric scribe elides Algarve u to Algarv' u in this line, which appears to allow the refrain music to fit the vuelta unchanged. Unfortunately, the elision is a mistake, and the refrain music cannot fit, as every other stanza has eight syllables (7') in the corresponding hemistich. To fix the error, I have just split the last ligature on the line into its component notes, leaving the stressed syllable at the same point in the melody as in the refrain.

Manuscript references

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

[E]277viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/495small.htmlExternal link

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data:  CSM 277http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=277

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Metrical summary

Refrain

7' | 7  7' | 7

Stanzas

7' | 7'  7' | 7'  7' | 7'  7' | 7

Rhyme

AA / bbbA
 RIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXX
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b i.aɛɾoŋaɾoŋaβaŋi.aŋadaidosadoseɾoŋaseŋ

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min. Time
Very slow5019:11
Slow1009:35
Medium1506:24
Fast2004:47
Very fast2503:50

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: 960