EDNOTE. Dmitri Nabokov has very kindly sent us the
Russian original and his English translation of the 1925 poem "The
Skater." It appears with five others in the Cambridge-based journal
Areté.
Sent: vendredi, 12. décembre 2003
17:23 Subject: The Lemniskater
Dear
Don,
I
attach my translation of VN's "The Skater." It is one of six translated VN poems
that appear in the Winter 2003 Areté (www.aretemagazine.com), together with other good stuff. I was tempted to change the
title in honor of the recent discussion about lemniscates. The design described
is one variety of lemniscate, although not the one that was the object of
debate.