In the evening we
rest and cautiously express --
our sincere feelings.
's Avonds na het werk
verwoorden we voorzichtig --	wir aus, drücken vorsichtig --
onze gevoelens.	aus, was wir fühlen.

Gedicht H5037
Amsterdam, 2024-11-03
The human voices (Marin Marais) - 1701
Composition "Les voix humaines" for viola da gamba, performed by Thomas Dunford (lute) and Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord) in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 3rd, 2024
Collection: Dearme
Keyword: Love: intimacy (conversation) 
Composer: Marais, Marin 

My heart is pounding,
what to do with me, with you --
there dead in our bed?
Mijn hart bonst, geen raad	,
weet ik met mijzelf, met jou –	was anzufangen mit mir --
daar dood in ons bed.	mit dir tot im Bett?

Gedicht H5038
Amsterdam, 2024-11-03
Composition by Marin Marais - 1701
Composition for viola da gamba, performed by Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Thomas Dunford (lute) and Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord) in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 3rd, 2024
Collection: Changing Times
Keyword: Death: bewilderment 
Composer: Marais, Marin 

Tomorrow they will
sound the retreat, now it's a --
ball for the soldiers.
Morgen blazen ze
de aftocht, nu is het bal --	die Soldaten zurück, jetzt --
voor de soldaten.	ist der Ball für sie.

Gedicht H5039
Amsterdam, 2024-11-03
La Follia / The follies of Spain (Marin Marais) - 1701
Composition "Les folies d'Espagne" for one or two violas da gamba, performed by Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Thomas Dunford (lute) and Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord) in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 3rd, 2024
Collection: Migration
Keyword: War: daily life 
Composer: Marais, Marin 

While I am musing
the sun hesitates to rise --
and it's getting dark.
Terwijl ik mijmer	,
komt de zon nog steeds niet op --	geht die Sonne noch nicht auf --
en valt de avond.	und dämmert es schon.

Gedicht S2442
Amsterdam, 2024-11-03
The (female) dreamer (Marin Marais) - 1717
Composition "La rêveuse" for viola da gamba, performed by Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Thomas Dunford (lute) and Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord) in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 3rd, 2024
Collection: Pending rain
Keyword: Depression (gloom) 
Composer: Marais, Marin