Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004521, Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:49:37 -0700

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Re: Query: Vera Nabokov's translation of Pale Fire
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Dear Grigori



Vo sne ya igral s drugimi det'mi,
No po pravde ne zavidoval nichemu--razve chto
Chudu lemniskaty, otpechatannoi
Na vlazhnom peske nebrezhno-provornymi
Shinami velosipeda.
Best, Don


D. Barton Johnson
Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Phelps Hall
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Grigori Utgof wrote:

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> From: Grigori Utgof <utgof@tpu.ee>
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> 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):
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> The miracle of a lemniscate left / Upon wet sand by nonchalantly deft /
> Bicycle tires.
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