Esta é de loor de Santa María.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Loemos muit' a Virgen Santa María, | 11' A | |
| 2 | Madre de Jesú-Crist', a noit' e o día. | 11' A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | Devemos-lle dar mais de cen mil loores, | 11' b | |
| 4 | pois que a Déus prougue, Sennor dos sennores, | 11' b | |
| 5 | que dela pres carn' e as nóssas doores | 11' b | |
| 6 | en si quis sofrer, como diss' Isaía. | 11' A | |
| Loemos muit' a Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | E de a servir sól non nos enfademos, | 11' b | |
| 8 | outrossí temer e loar, ca sabemos | 11' b | |
| 9 | que nos gãará dos érros que fazemos | 11' b | |
| 10 | perdôn pera sempr' e vid' e alegría. | 11' A | |
| Loemos muit' a Virgen Santa María... | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/370 | |||
| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | Esta nos quis dar Déus por nóss' avogada | 11' b | |
| 12 | quando fez dela Madr' e Filla juntada; | 11' b | |
| 13 | e porên deve seer de nós loada, | 11' b | |
| 14 | e atal Sennor, quen-na non loaría? | 11' A | |
| Loemos muit' a Virgen Santa María... | |||
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 370 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/663small.htmlExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 370http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=370
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 11' 11' |
Stanzas
| 11' 11' 11' 11' |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | i.a | |||
| b | oɾes | emos | ada | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 4:47 |
| Slow | 100 | 2:23 |
| Medium | 150 | 1:36 |
| Fast | 200 | 1:11 |
| Very fast | 250 | 0:57 |
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: 240
