Cantiga da Ribeirinha information

Cantiga da Ribeirinha (also known as Cantiga da Garvaia or Cantiga da Guarvaia) is one of the first known pieces of literature in Galician-Portuguese^{[citation needed]}. The poem's date of composition is debated, with some experts placing it in 1189^{[citation needed]} or 1198^{[citation needed]}, and others claiming it could not have been written before 1200^{[citation needed]}. It was composed by Paio Soares de Taveirós^{[citation needed]} and received its name because it was dedicated to Maria Pais Ribeira, the mistress of Sancho I of Portugal^{[citation needed]}, known as "Ribeirinha."^{[citation needed]}

Using the male I-lyric^{[clarification needed]}, the text tells of a platonic love between a poet of low station and a noble and unattainable woman. Although considered a love tune, it is sometimes interpreted instead as a song of derision or slander^{[citation needed]}. Some experts believe that the poem is incomplete, and originally comprised three stanzas, with one having been lost^{[citation needed]}. A recent hypothesis^{[citation needed]} contests the poem's authorship, attributing it instead to Martim Soares de Baguim.