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Two comments for Don and List:
A hurried perusal has not yielded the translator's name, but he should
be advised that (in l'Arbre, "The Tree" verse 3, line 3) "orteils"
means "toes," not "heels."
As for the fiftth definition of lips, have no qualms about your
imagination, Don. The meaning in question appears elsewhere in Nabokov
(e.g., The Enchanter), and elsewhere in literature.
Incidentally, I still have somewhere the score of a musical setting of
les Chansons by a very French composer whose name probably should not
escape me but does.
Best greetings,
DN
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A hurried perusal has not yielded the translator's name, but he should
be advised that (in l'Arbre, "The Tree" verse 3, line 3) "orteils"
means "toes," not "heels."
As for the fiftth definition of lips, have no qualms about your
imagination, Don. The meaning in question appears elsewhere in Nabokov
(e.g., The Enchanter), and elsewhere in literature.
Incidentally, I still have somewhere the score of a musical setting of
les Chansons by a very French composer whose name probably should not
escape me but does.
Best greetings,
DN
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