| Ben pode Santa Maria seu lum' ao çego dar,
| Ben can Santa Maria your light to the blind give,
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| pois que dos pecados pode as almas alumar.
| because from sins can souls lighten.
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| E de tal razon com' esta vos quer' eu ora dizer
| And for such a reason with 'this one wants you' I want to say
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| un miragre mui fremoso que foi en França fazer
| a very tender miracle that was performed in France
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| a Virgen Santa Maria, que fez un çego veer
| the Virgen Santa Maria, who made a çego veer
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| ben ena vila de Chartes, como vos quero contar.
| ben in the village of Chartes, as I want to tell you.
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| Ben pode Santa Maria seu lum' ao çego dar,
| Ben can Santa Maria your light to the blind give,
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| pois que dos pecados pode as almas alumar.
| because from sins can souls lighten.
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| Este çeg' ourivez fora que non ouvera mellor
| This çeg' goldsmith had not heard mellor
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| en tod' o reyno de França ne-nas terras arredor,
| in all the reyno de France ne-in the surrounding lands,
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| e en servir sempr' a Virgen avia mui gran sabor;
| and en always serve Virgen has a lot of flavor;
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| e porend' h' arca d’ouro fora mui rica lavrar
| e porend' h' ark of gold was very rich to plow
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| Ben pode Santa Maria seu lum' ao çego dar
| Ben can Santa Maria your light to the blind give
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| pois que dos pecados pode as almas alumar. | because from sins can souls lighten. |