Alfonso X El Sabio Poems
- 1. Cantiga De Escarnio:
O que foi passar a serra
e non quis servir a terra,
é ora, entrant' a guerra,
que faroneja?
... - 2. Cantiga De Santa Maria, No. 100
Portugease
Santa Maria,
... - 3. To The Month Of May (from The Cantigas)
Welcome, O May, yet once again we greet thee!
So alway praise we her, the Holy Mother,
Who prays to God that he shall aid us ever
Against our foes, and to us ever listen.
... - 4. Cantiga De Santa Maria, No. 181
Pero que seja a gente
d'outra lei [e] descreuda,
os que a Virgen mais aman,
a esses ela ajuda.
... - 5. Cantiga No. 60,
Ca Eva nos tolleu
Parays'e Deus
Ave nos y meteu;
porend', amigos meus:
... - 6. Cantiga
LADY, for the love of God,
Have some pity upon me!
See my eyes, a river-flood
Day and night, oh, see!
... - 7. Rose Of Roses And Flower Of Flowers,
1.
Rose of beauty and fine appearance
And flower of happiness and pleasure,
lady of most merciful bearing,
... - 8. The Treasury
THE strange intelligence then reached my ears
That in the land of Egypt lived a man,
Who, wise of wit, subjected to his scan
The dark occurrences of uncome years;
... - 9. Cantiga De Santa Maria No. 194
Just as the name of the Virgin is beautiful to the virtuous,
so against evil doers it is mighty and fearful.
Concerning this, a miracle happened in the land of Catalonia to a minstrel who sang well, with grace and ease, earning a good living, he came to lodge in the house of a greedy knight
Just as the name of the Virgin is beautiful to the virtuous,
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