Khlebnikov Roman Jakobson

[Steve Marder]

> Dear all,
> 
> A friend has asked me this question:
> 
>             ***
> 
> ³I just came across this in the Roman Jakobson essay on
> Russian Fairy tales, and I wondered if you could v. kindly direct me to
> a good edition where I might find the poem ?  :
> 
> 'Khlebnikov wrote in a poem, 'Self-Flyer walks through the sky. But
> where is Tablecloth, Self-Victualler, wife of Self-Flyer? Is she by
> accident delayed, or thrown into prison? I credit the fairy-tales; they
> were just fairy tales, they will become truth.' ³
> 
>           ***
> 
> Can anyone give me a reference for this particular poem, in  English or in
> Russian?  My friend, who does not read Russian, has been trying
> unsuccessfully to find it in a volume translated by Schmidt.

Seems to be part of "Iranskaya pesnya" (1921):

"...Khodit v nebe samolet,
Bratvoy oblaku udaloy,
Gde zhe skatert'-samobranka,
Samoletova zhena?
Il' sluchayno zapozdala,
Il' v ostrog pogruzhena?
Veryu skazkam napered:
Prezhde skazki -- stanut byl'yu,..."
(V. Khlebnikov. Stikhotroveniya i poemy.
Biblioteka poeta. Malaya seriya. Izd-e 3-e.
Leningrad: Sovetskiy pisatel', 1968.)

Can't vouch for how good the edition is.

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