Como Santa María tornou a casula branca que tingiu o vinno vermello.
| Line | Refrain | Metrics | |
| 1 | Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar | 12 A | |
| 2 | a que pód' os pecados das almas lavar. | 12 A | |
| Stanza I | |||
| 3 | E dest' un miragre fremoso vos direi | 12 b | |
| 4 | que avẽo na Clusa, com' escrit' achei, | 12 b | |
| 5 | que fez Santa María; e creo e sei | 12 b | |
| 6 | que mostrou outros muitos en aquel lugar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza II | |||
| 7 | De monjes gran convento éran i entôn | 12 b | |
| 8 | que servían a Virgen mui de coraçôn; | 12 b | |
| 9 | un tesoureir' i éra aquela sazôn, | 12 b | |
| 10 | que Santa María sabía muit' amar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
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| Stanza III | |||
| 11 | E quando algũa cousa ll' ía falir, | 12 b | |
| 12 | lóg' a Santa María o ía pedir, | 12 b | |
| 13 | e ela llo dava; porend' ena servir | 12 b | |
| 14 | éra todo séu sis' e todo séu coidar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza IV | |||
| 15 | Onde ll' avẽo que na fésta de Natal, | 12 b | |
| 16 | que dizían os monges missa matinal, | 12 b | |
| 17 | fillou ũa casula de branco cendal | 12 b | |
| 18 | pola ir põer entôn sôbelo altar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza V | |||
| 19 | E fillou na outra mão, com' aprendí, | 12 b | |
| 20 | vinno con que fezéssen sacrifiç' alí; | 12 b | |
| 21 | e indo na carreira avẽo-ll' assí | 12 b | |
| 22 | que houv' en ũa pédra a entrepeçar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
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| Stanza VI | |||
| 23 | E avẽo-ll' assí que quand' entrepeçou, | 12 b | |
| 24 | que do vinno sôbrela casula 'ntornou, | 12 b | |
| 25 | que éra mui vermello; e tal la parou | 12 b | |
| 26 | como se sangue fresco fossen i deitar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza VII | |||
| 27 | E aquel vinn' éra de vermella coor | 12 b | |
| 28 | e espessa tan muito que nïún tintor | 12 b | |
| 29 | vermello non podería fazer mellor, | 12 b | |
| 30 | e u caía nono podían tirar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza VIII | |||
| 31 | Quando viu o monj' esto, pesou-lle tant' ên | 12 b | |
| 32 | que per poucas houvéra de perder o sen, | 12 b | |
| 33 | e diss' entôn: “Ai, Madre do que nos mantên, | 12 b | |
| 34 | Virgen Santa María, e ven-mi ajudar. †CSM 73:34Obligatory synalepha after unstressed mi; see the Concordance for more examples. | 12 A | .on |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
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| Stanza IX | |||
| 35 | E non me leixes en tal vergonna caer | 12 b | |
| 36 | com' esta, ca ja nunca, enquant' éu viver, | 12 b | |
| 37 | non ousarei ant' o abad' aparecer, | 12 b | |
| 38 | nen u for o convento ousarei entrar.” | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza X | |||
| 39 | Esto dizend' e chorando muito dos séus | 12 b | |
| 40 | ollos, acorreu-lle lóg' a Madre de Déus | 12 b | |
| 41 | e fez tal vertude, per que muitos roméus | 12 b | |
| 42 | vẽéron de mui lonj' a casul' aorar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Stanza XI | |||
| 43 | Ca u vermella éra, tan branca a fez | 12 b | |
| 44 | que o non fora tanto da primeira vez. | 12 b | |
| 45 | Porên Santa María, Sennor de gran prez, | 12 b | |
| 46 | loaron quantos oíron desto falar. | 12 A | |
| Ben pód' as cousas feas fremosas tornar... | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers ©2013 by Andrew Casson www.cantigasdesantamaria.com/csm/73 | |||
Footnotes
| Line 34: | Obligatory synalepha after unstressed mi; see the Concordance for more examples. |
Footnotes
| E1: | The three notes and ligatures that I have deleted here are repeated either side of the page break in the manuscript. |
Manuscript references
External links marked 
are to facsimiles on Greg Lindahl's Cantigas de Santa Maria website.
| [E] | 73 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/178small.htmlExternal link |
| [T] | 73 | |
| [To] | 89 | viewhttp://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob079small.gifExternal link |
Oxford CSM Database record
External link to poem data: CSM 73http://csm.mml.ox.ac.uk/index.php?p=poemdata_view&rec=73
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Metrical summary
Refrain
| 12 12 |
Stanzas
| 12 12 12 12 |
Rhyme
AA / bbbA| R | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | aɾ | |||||||||||
| b | ei̯ | oŋ | iɾ | al | i | ou̯ | oɾ | eŋ | eɾ | ɛu̯s | eʣ | |
Estimated performance times
| Average syllables / min. | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Very slow | 50 | 16:19 |
| Slow | 100 | 8:09 |
| Medium | 150 | 5:26 |
| Fast | 200 | 4:04 |
| Very fast | 250 | 3:15 |
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: 816
