Santa Maria, Strela do Dia, translating as Holy Mary, the Morning Star, is a song praising Our Lady as the one who guides the way for those who go astray by sin; for those who seek the light of Faith and for those who want to attain eternal salvation in Heaven. To all of them, Our Lady gives a secure assistance.
Santa Maria Strela do Dia is number 100 out of 420 poem-songs written under the aegis of King Alfonso X the Wise in honor of Our Lady.
It is here performed by Jordi Savall and La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hesperion XX.
Listen to Santa Maria, Strela Do Dia
Lyrics:
Santa María,
Strela do día,
Móstra-nos vía
Pera Déus et nos guía.
Santa María,
Strela do día,
Móstra-nos vía
Pera Déus et nos guía.
Ca veer, faze-los errados
Que perder, foran per pecados
Entender, de que mui culpados
Son; mais per, ti son perdõados
Da ousadía
Que lles fazía
Fazer folía
Mais que non devería.
Santa María,
Strela do día,
Móstra-nos vía
Pera Déus et nos guía.
Amostrar, nos deves carreira
Por gãar, en toda maneira
A sen par, luz e verdadeira
Que tu dar, nos pódes senlleira;
Ca Déus a ti a
Outorgaría
E a querría
Por ti dar e daría.
Santa María,
Strela do día,
Móstra-nos vía
Pera Déus et nos guía.
Guïar ben, nos pód' o téu siso
Mais ca ren, pera Paraíso
U Déus ten, sempre goi' e riso
Pora quen, en el creer quiso;
E prazer-m-ía
Se te prazía
Que foss' a mía
Alm' en tal compannía.
Santa María,
Strela do día,
Móstra-nos vía
Pera Déus et nos guía.
English translation:
Holy Mary
Morning Star,
Show us the way
To God and guide us.
Holy Mary
Morning Star,
Show us the way
To God and guide us.
Make those see who are in error,
Who are lost by their sins,
Make them understand that they are guilty,
But they are forgiven
by you
For the audacity
That made them
Do reckless things
Beyond what they should have done.
Holy Mary
Morning Star,
Show us the way
To God and guide us.
Show us the path
To fully attain in any way possible
That unequaled and true light
Which you can give us, luminous star,
Because God to you
Would grant it,
And He would like
To give it through you to us.
Holy Mary
Morning Star,
Show us the way
To God and guide us.
Your wisdom can guide us well,
More than anything else, toward Paradise,
Where God always has joy and happiness
For those who believe in Him.
And it would give me pleasure
If you would grant
That my soul could
Be in such company.
Holy Mary
Morning Star,
Show us the way
To God and guide us.