Esta segunda é de como os tres Reis Magos vẽéron a Beleên aorar a Nóstro Sennor Jesú-Cristo e lle ofereron séus dões.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Pois que dos Reis Nóstro Sennor | 8 A | |
| 2 | quis de séu linage decer, | 8 B | |
| 3 | con razôn lles fez est' amor | 8 A | |
| 4 | en que lles foi aparecer. | 8 B | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 5 | Esto foi quand' en Beleên | 8 c | |
| 6 | de Santa María naceu | 8 d | |
| 7 | e a treze días des ên | 8 c | |
| 8 | aos tres Reis apareceu, | 8 d | |
| 9 | que cada ũu per séu sen | 8 c | |
| 10 | ena estrela connoceu | 8 d | |
| 11 | com' éra Déus Rei; e porên | 8 c | |
| 12 | de longe o foron veer, | 8 B | |
| Stanza II | |||
| 13 | ben das ínsoas de Sabá | 8 c | |
| 14 | e de Tarsso, que son no mar, | 8 d | |
| 15 | e d' Arabia, u gran gent' há | 8 c | |
| 16 | e muitas térras de passar. | 8 d | |
| 17 | Mas pero éran lonj' alá | 8 c | |
| 18 | mui tóste os fezo chegar | 8 d | |
| 19 | a Beleên aquel que há | 8 c | |
| 20 | sobre todas cousas poder. | 8 B | |
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| Stanza III | |||
| 21 | Ena estrela lles mostrou | 8 c | |
| 22 | com' éra hóm' e Rei e Déus; | 8 d | |
| 23 | porên cada un lle levou †CSM 424:23Mettmann ũu; [T] un; [E] ũu. [To] has llevou at the end of this line, an obvious Castilianism. | 8 c | |
| 24 | oférta dos tesouros séus. | 8 d | |
| 25 | E a estrela os guïou | 8 c | |
| 26 | até ena térra dos judéus, †CSM 424:26See the note to CSM 129:9. [T] has antena terra dos judeus (= ante na...?) which does scan correctly, but this doesn't make as much sense as the [To] version, and may be a scribal error. | 8 d | .e |
| 27 | u Herodes lles demandou: | 8 c | |
| 28 | “Que vẽéstes aquí fazer?” | 8 B | |
| Pois que dos Reis Nóstro Sennor... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 29 | Eles responderon-ll' assí: | 8 c | |
| 30 | “Na estrela vimos que Rei | 8 d | |
| 31 | mui nóbre nacera aquí, | 8 c | |
| 32 | Sennor dos judéus e da lei.” | 8 d | |
| 33 | Diss' Herodes: “Creed' a mi, | 8 c | |
| 34 | ca bon conssello vos darei: | 8 d | |
| 35 | id', e pois tornardes des i, | 8 c | |
| 36 | ar í-lo-ei éu connocer.” | 8 B | |
| Pois que dos Reis Nóstro Sennor... | |||
| Stanza V | |||
| 37 | Eles foron-se lógu' entôn | 8 c | |
| 38 | e viron a estrela ir | 8 d | |
| 39 | ante si de mui gran randôn, | 8 c | |
| 40 | e começárona seguir; | 8 d | |
| 41 | mas quand' en Beleên foi, non | 8 c | |
| 42 | se quis de sobr' ela partir, | 8 d | |
| 43 | atá que entraron u Don | 8 c | |
| 44 | Jesú-Cristo viron seer | 8 B | |
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 45 | nos braços da que muit' afán | 8 c | |
| 46 | sofreu con el e muito mal. | 8 d | |
| 47 | E eles lógo manamán | 8 c | |
| 48 | déron-lle sa oférta tal: | 8 d | |
| 49 | ouro de que aos reis dan, | 8 c | |
| 50 | encensso por espirital, | 8 d | |
| 51 | mirra de que os mórtos van | 8 c | |
| 52 | ungir por nunca podrecer. | 8 B | |
| Pois que dos Reis Nóstro Sennor... | |||
| Stanza VII | |||
| 53 | Esto, ca non maravidís, | 8 c | |
| 54 | ofereron a Déus los Reis; | 8 d | |
| 55 | porend' assí os guardar quis | 8 c | |
| 56 | aquele que juntou as leis, | 8 d | |
| 57 | que per sonnos os fez ben fis, | 8 c | |
| 58 | que sonnaron vél cinc' ou seis | 8 d | |
| 59 | vezes que fossen a Tarssís | 8 c | |
| 60 | passá-lo mar por guarecer. | 8 B | |
| Pois que dos Reis Nóstro Sennor... | |||
Footnotes
| Line 23: | Mettmann ũu; [T] un; [E] ũu. [To] has llevou at the end of this line, an obvious Castilianism. |
| Line 26: | See the note to CSM 129:9. [T] has antena terra dos judeus (= ante na...?) which does scan correctly, but this doesn't make as much sense as the [To] version, and may be a scribal error. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [T] | t | (fragment on folio 4r) |
| [To] | CJC 2 | view p1http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob095small.gifExternal link view p2http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob096small.gifExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 424http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=424
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 8 8 8 8 |
Stanzas
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
Rhyme
ABAB / cdcdcdcB| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | oɾ | |||||||
| B | eɾ | |||||||
| c | eŋ | a | ou̯ | i | oŋ | aŋ | is | |
| d | eu̯ | aɾ | ɛu̯s | ei̯ | iɾ | al | ei̯s | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 14:04 |
| Slow | 100 | 7:02 |
| Medium | 150 | 4:41 |
| Fast | 200 | 3:31 |
| Very fast | 250 | 2:48 |
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: 704
