| Esta é de loor de Santa María. |
This is in praise of Holy Mary. |
|
|
|
|
| Dized', ai trobadores, |
Tell me, oh troubadours, |
O, poets and musicians, |
| a Sennor das sennores, |
Why do you not praise |
To Her in pure submission |
| porquê a non loades? |
The Lady of Ladies? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| Se vós trobar sabedes, |
If you well know your art, |
If skilled at your vocation, |
| a por que Déus avedes, |
Why do you not praise Her |
To Her who brought salvation |
| porquê a non loades? |
Through whom you have God? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| A Sennor que dá vida |
Why do you not praise |
To Her who gives us glory, |
| e é de ben comprida, |
The Lady who gives life |
Whose grace is laudatory, |
| porquê a non loades? |
And is filled with grace? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| A que nunca nos mente |
Why do you not praise |
With truth in every notion, |
| e nóssa coita sente, |
Her who never deceives us |
She feels our deep emotion; |
| porquê a non loades? |
And feels our pain? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| A que é mais que bõa |
Why do you not praise |
To Her whose virtues hearten, |
| e por que Déus perdõa, |
Her who is more than good |
Through whom God grants us pardon, |
| porquê a non loades? |
And through whom God grants pardon? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| A que nos dá conórte |
Why do you not praise |
To Her who brings consolement |
| na vida e na mórte, |
Her who gives us solace |
In life and death’s condolement |
| porquê a non loades? |
In life and death? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| A que faz o que mórre |
Why do you not praise |
To Her who comes to aid us |
| viv', e que nos acórre, |
Her who causes the one who dies to live |
And from our death conveyed us |
| porquê a non loades? |
And comes to our aid? |
Why do you not give praises? |
|
|
|
| Alfonso X el Sabio, King of Castile and León |
Alfonso. Songs of Holy Mary of Alfonso X, the Wise: A Translation of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Trans. Kathleen Kulp-Hill. Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000. Print. |
Carol Anne Perry Lagemann |