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Thread #109927   Message #2301459
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
30-Mar-08 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: translate a cantiga?
Subject: translate a cantiga?
Here are the words for a Cantiga de Santa Maria from the 13th C. We are going to play it tonight. Does anybody know what these words mean? Sorry about the hyphens, which align the words with notes.

Be warned: Many of the cantigas were pious folktales about miracles that happened to ordinary people, so if you see a word that doesn't seem to belong, such as 'German tourist,' it might still be right.

A Vir-gen mui gro-ri-o-sa, Re-y-nna es-pi-ri-tal,
dos que a-ma e ce-o-sa, ca non quer que fa-can mal.
D'est' un mi-ra-gre fre-mo-so, ond' a-ver-re-des sa-bor,
vos di-rey, que fez a Virg-gen Ma-dre de nos-tro Se-nor,
per-que ti-rou de gran fa-lia a un mui fallss' a-ma-dor
que a my-u-de cam-bia-va seus a-mo-res d'un en al.