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

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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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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