Cantiga De Escarnio: Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAB CCCBCB DDDBDB EEEBEB F CGDEHD ICDHJD JJJEDD CKEHJD| O que foi passar a serra | A |
| e non quis servir a terra | A |
| ora entrant' a guerra | A |
| que faroneja | B |
| Pois el agora tan muito erra | A |
| maldito seja | B |
| - | |
| O que levou os dinheiros | C |
| e non troux' os cavaleiros | C |
| por non ir nos primeiros | C |
| que faroneja | B |
| Pois que ven c nos prestumeiros | C |
| maldito seja | B |
| - | |
| O que filhou gran soldada | D |
| e nunca fez cavalgada | D |
| por non ir a Graada | D |
| que faroneja | B |
| Se rie' omen ou mesnada | D |
| maldito seja | B |
| - | |
| O que meteu na taleiga | E |
| pouc' aver e muita meiga | E |
| por non entrar na Veiga | E |
| que faroneja | B |
| Pois chus mol e que manteiga | E |
| maldito seja | B |
| - | |
| - | |
| English | F |
| - | |
| He who passed over the mountains | C |
| And did not want to serve on the plain | G |
| Is he the one when war was returned | D |
| Who's now bragging | E |
| Since he vacillates so much now | H |
| Let him be damned | D |
| - | |
| He who doled out his money | I |
| Without attracting any good knights | C |
| Is it because he wasn't first in the fight | D |
| That he's bragging now | H |
| Since he came at us with his rear | J |
| Let him be damned | D |
| - | |
| He who raised a great soldiery | J |
| But never quite a good cavalry | J |
| Since he didn't go to Granada is he | J |
| The one who's bragging | E |
| Whether he's rich or has a strong band | D |
| Let him be damned | D |
| - | |
| He who loaded up his bags | C |
| With a little gold and a lot of guff | K |
| And never quite entered the town of Vega | E |
| Is he bragging now | H |
| Since he's more like fat than butter | J |
| Let him be damned | D |
Alfonso X El Sabio
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