Cantiga De Santa Maria, No. 181 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA ACCCACDA CACAEACA CBCBCBAA ACDCDCCA CDFDBDCA ABDBBBAA BBBBBBDA DCBCCCCA G CHIC BDJKDHLA BMKANCC ACCKAAB OLHAAACA MAPCBCC AAAACAO HAOHQRA CICASQADPero que seja a gente | A |
d'outra lei e descreuda | A |
os que a Virgen mais aman | B |
a esses ela ajuda | A |
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Fremosa miragre desto | A |
fez a Virgen groriosa | C |
na cidade de Marrocos | C |
que mui gran' e fremosa | C |
a un rei que era ende | A |
sennor que perigoosa | C |
guerra con outro avia | D |
per que gran mester ajuda | A |
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Avia de quen lla d sse | C |
ca assi corn' el cercado | A |
jazia dentr' en Marrocos | C |
ca o outro ja passado | A |
era per un grande rio | E |
que Morabe chamado | A |
con muitos de cavaleiros | C |
e mui gran gente miuda | A |
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E corrian pelas portas | C |
da vila e quant' achavan | B |
que fosse fora dos muros | C |
todo per for a fillavan | B |
E porend' os de Marrocos | C |
al Rei tal conssello davan | B |
que saisse da cidade | A |
con b a gent' esleuda | A |
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D'armas e que mantenente | A |
cono outro rei lidasse | C |
e logo fora da vila | D |
a sina sacar mandasse | C |
da Virgen Santa Maria | D |
e que per ren non dultasse | C |
que os logo non vencesse | C |
pois la ouvesse tenduda | A |
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Demais que sair fesesse | C |
dos crish os o concello | D |
conas cruzes da eigreja | F |
E el creeu seu consello | D |
e poi la sina sacaron | B |
daquela que espello | D |
dos angeos e dos santos | C |
e dos mouros foi viuda | A |
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Wue eran da outra parte | A |
atal espant' en colleron | B |
que pero gran poder era | D |
logo todos se venceron | B |
e as tendas que trouxeran | B |
e o al todo perderon | B |
e morreu y muita gente | A |
dessa fea e barvuda | A |
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E per Morabe passaron | B |
que ante passad' ouveran | B |
en sen que perdud' avian | B |
todo quant' ali trouxeran | B |
atan gran medo da sina | B |
e das cruzes y preseran | B |
que fogindo non avia | D |
niun redea teuda | A |
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E assi Santa Maria | D |
ajudou a seus amigos | C |
pero que d'outra lei eran | B |
a britar seus eemigos | C |
que macar que eran muitos | C |
nonos pre aron dous figos | C |
e assi foi ssa mercee | C |
de todos mui conno uda | A |
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English | G |
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The Virgin will aid those | C |
who most love Her | H |
although they may be of another faith | I |
and disbelievers | C |
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The Glorious Virgin | B |
performed a beautiful miracle | D |
illustrating this theme | J |
in the city of Marrakech | K |
which is large and beautiful | D |
for a king who was then its ruler | H |
He was waging bitter war with another king | L |
and for this reason he was in great need | A |
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of assistance from anyone | B |
who could give it to him | M |
He was besieged inside Marrakech | K |
for the other king had already crossed | A |
a large river called Morabe | N |
with many knights | C |
and a great army of foot soldiers | C |
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They ran toward the gates of the city | A |
and all they found outside the walls | C |
they took by force | C |
Therefore those of Marrakech | K |
advised the king to go out | A |
of the city with a few good | A |
carefully chosen | B |
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men at arms and fight it out right there | O |
with the other king | L |
and to order the banner | H |
of the Holy Virgin Mary | A |
taken out of the city | A |
and to doubt not that he would defeat | A |
the enemy at once | C |
as soon as he had unfurled it | A |
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Furthermore they advised him | M |
to have the Christian congregation go out | A |
with the crosses from the church | P |
He took their advice | C |
and when they took out the banner of that One | B |
who is mirror of angels and saints | C |
and it was seen by the Moors | C |
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on the other side they were so alarmed by it that | A |
although it was a powerful army | A |
all were soon defeated | A |
AThey lost the tents they had brought | A |
and everything else | C |
Many people of that ugly | A |
bearded crew died there | O |
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They fled back across the Morabe River | H |
and although they had lost | A |
all they had brought there | O |
such great fright of the banner | H |
and the crosses seized them | Q |
that none of them drew back | R |
on the reins as they fled | A |
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Thus Holy Mary helped Her friends | C |
although they were of another faith | I |
to defeat their enemies | C |
for although they were many | A |
they did not give | S |
two figs about them | Q |
In that way was Her mercy | A |
made manifest to all | D |
Alfonso X El Sabio
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