Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004518, Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:39:25 -0700

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Query: Vera Nabokov's translation of Pale Fire (fwd)
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From: Grigori Utgof <utgof@tpu.ee>

I don't have at hand the Russian translation of Pale Fire (Blednyi ogon'.
Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1983). I would be most grateful, if someone submits the
translation of the following lines (Canto 1, lines 136 - 138):

The miracle of a lemniscate left / Upon wet sand by nonchalantly deft /
Bicycle tires.