Origin: Galician-Portuguese lyric poetry
Genre: Cantiga de Amigo ("friend song")
Troubadour: Rui Martins do Casal (portuguese)

Performers: In Itinere (Grupo Universitario da Cámara De Santiago)
Album: "Os Sons do Pórtico da Gloria" (2004)

In this chant, the maiden appeals to Love to remain by her side while her friend goes to fight against the Moors in Granada (the Mudejars), one of the critical moments during the reign of Alfonso X, which probably dates this poem to around the 1260s.


Source of the song: [ Ссылка ]

The medieval poem: [ Ссылка ]


Artwork (from left to right):

1) Panel 5 of Page 2 of Cantiga 187 from The Cantigas de Santa Maria (13th century) – The Moors besieging the Chincoya castle during the Mudéjar revolt of 1264-66 retreated after the Christian defenders put a statue of the Virgin Mary on the ramparts.

2) "A Christian and a Moorish warrior embrace. Both are armed and on horseback" from The Cantigas de Santa Maria (13th century) – Muslim alcaide embraces his Castilian ally before the siege of Chincoya Castle in Mudéjar revolt of 1264-66.

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