CSM Cantiga 304 Lyrics: Aquela en que Déus carne prendeu

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Aquela en que Déus carne prendeu
Cantiga 304: Aquela en que Déus carne prendeu
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Esta é como Santa María de Ribéla non quér que arça outr' óio ant' o séu altar senôn d' olivas que seja ben claro e muit' esmerado.

Line Refrain  Metrics  
1 Aquela en que Déus carne | prendeu e nos déu por lume, 7' | 7' A
2 das cousas limpias se paga | sempre, tal é séu costume. 7' | 7' A
 
  Stanza I     
3 E desto mostrou miragre | a Virgen Santa María 7' | 7' b
4 grand' en ũa sa eigreja, | e demóstra cada día, 7' | 7' b
5 en ũ' aldea que nome | há Ribéla, u soía 7' | 7' b
6 haver ben d' antiguedade | un mõesteir' a costume 7' | 7' A
 
  Stanza II     
7 d' ôrdin de San Bẽeto. | E óra chus da eigreja CSM 304:7As an adjective, bẽeito normally has just three syllables, but Bẽeito here is a proper noun—the Latin name "Benedict(us)"—and a more conservative pronunciation is therefore quite natural. Note that the diaeresis which separates the e from the i corresponds to the position of the lost -d-. 7' | 7' b .o
8 non ficou, que é da Virgen | que sempre bẽeita seja, 7' | 7' b
9 en que há ben cinc' altares, | u gran vertude sobeja 7' | 7' b
10 móstra Déus no que é dela: | Ca non pód' i arder lume 7' | 7' A
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
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  Stanza III     
11 d' outr' óio senôn d' olivas | mui límpi' e muit' esmerado; 7' | 7' b .o
12 ca macar ard' ant' os outros | de linaça, sól penssado 7' | 7' b
13 non é que ant' o da Virgen | arça; e est' é provado 7' | 7' b
14 muitas vezes eno ano, | e háno ja por costume. 7' | 7' A
  Aquela en que Déus carne | prendeu e nos déu por lume...    
 
  Stanza IV     
15 Ca o próvan ameúde | cavaleiros, lavradores, 7' | 7' b
16 clérigos, monges e frades | descalços, preegadores; 7' | 7' b
17 ca pero i acenderon | outros óios ardedores, 7' | 7' b
18 atán tóste se matavan, | que sól non deitavan lume. 7' | 7' A
  Aquela en que Déus carne | prendeu e nos déu por lume...    
 
  Stanza V     
19 E porend' os dessa térra | non ousan seer ousados 7' | 7' b
20 d' outr' óio alí queimaren, | ca saen por denodados 7' | 7' b
21 ende cada que o próvan, | e por esto son tornados 7' | 7' b
22 a queimar óio d' oliva | nas lampadas por costume. 7' | 7' A
  Aquela en que Déus carne | prendeu e nos déu por lume...    
Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson
www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/304
 

Footnotes

Line 7:

As an adjective, bẽeito normally has just three syllables, but Bẽeito here is a proper noun—the Latin name "Benedict(us)"—and a more conservative pronunciation is therefore quite natural. Note that the diaeresis which separates the e from the i corresponds to the position of the lost -d-.

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Manuscript references

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

[E]304viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/539small.htmlExternal link
[F]77 

Oxford CSM Database record

External link to poem data:  CSM 304http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=304

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Metrical summary

Refrain

7' | 7'  7' | 7'

Stanzas

7' | 7'  7' | 7'  7' | 7'  7' | 7'

Rhyme

AA / bbbA
 RIIIIIIIVV
Aume
b i.aeʤaadooɾesados

Estimated performance times

Average syllables / min. Time
Very slow5010:14
Slow1005:07
Medium1503:24
Fast2002:33
Very fast2502:02

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