Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0020234, Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:56:35 -0400

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Re: vuvuzela
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http://slova.org.ru/mayakovskiy/eshananasy/

There are a couple of lines here by Mayakovsky that also rhyme рябчиков жуй with буржуй.

A. Rachel Stauffer, Ph.D
Outreach Coordinator, University of Virginia Asia Institute
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From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf Of Alexey Sklyarenko
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:53 PM
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Subject: [NABOKV-L] vuvuzela

Дуй в вувузелу
(о, этот звук!),
пой, Азазелло:
"В бой, Вельзевул!"

Пей это зелье,
рябчиков жуй!
В рай не пролезешь,
бедный буржуй!

В рай не пролезешь,
гол не забьёшь...
дуй в вувузелу:
скоро умрёшь.

The poem's second line, о, этот звук ("oh, that sound!"), is borrowed from VN's poem "Снег" (Snow, 1930). I hope to post an English translation tomorrow.

Alexey Sklyarenko
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