| The toad is looking | |
| for water, its moist poop smells -- | |
| like warm silage grass. | |
| De bruine pad zoekt | Die Kröte sucht nach |
| water, zijn vochtige poep -- | Wasser, ihr feuchter Kot riecht -- |
| ruikt naar warm kuilgras. | nach Grassilage. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-03
In the marl cellar was (Emma Crebolder) - 2018
Poem "In de mergelkelder stond" (collection "opsnuiven")
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Crebolder, Emma
| In the puddles and | |
| the downpours of life, the frogs -- | |
| jump around for joy. | |
| In de poelen en | In den Pfützen und |
| de regen van het leven -- | den Platzregen des Lebens -- |
| springen kikkers rond. | springen die Frösche. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-05
Frogs (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) - 2024
Song, album "Wild God"
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Cave, Nick
| Speakers bellow air | |
| into a flute: animals -- | |
| hidden in the field. | |
| Luidsprekers balgen | Lautsprecher-Bälge |
| lucht in hun fluit: verborgen -- | blasen in ihre Pfeife: |
| dieren in het veld. | Tiere auf dem Feld. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-25
Frogs in a rice field (Dirk Veulemans) - 2019
Installation and composition "Kikkers in een rijstveld" ("Kaeru ga tanbo ni iru", a name given by Matsumoto Yoshimasa), for eight loudspeaker whistles (eight subwoofers on which a flute is mounted), performed by Dirk Veulemans in the Organpark on May 25th, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Veulemans, Dirk
| Croaking frogs at night, | |
| a horse running back and forth -- | |
| but you can't see it. | |
| Er kwaken kikkers, | Sonnenuntergang, |
| er rent een paard heen en weer -- | ein Pferd rennt vor und zurück -- |
| maar je ziet niets, 's nachts. | und man sieht es nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-26
Teen Titans (Nescio) - 1915
Story "Titaantjes", chapter 1
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio
| Countless frogs climb up | |
| over each other's backs and -- | |
| fall back down again. | |
| Kikkers klauteren | Die Frösche klettern |
| over elkaars rug omhoog -- | übereinander empor -- |
| en vallen terug. | und fallen zurück. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-12
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Swimming pool in a hotel in Bamako (Mali)
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Seven)
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| His proposal jumps | |
| like a frog into the pond: | |
| only a ripple. | |
| Als een kikker springt. | Wie ein kleiner Frosch. |
| zijn voorstel in de vijver: | springt sein Vorschlag in den Teich: |
| slechts een rimpeling. | nur Kräuselungen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-31
The nest (Luigi Pirandello) - 1895
Short story "Il nido"
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| The frogs are croaking | |
| in full voice, so beautiful -- | |
| sings no nightingale! | |
| De kikkers kwaken | Die Frösche quaken |
| blij uit volle borst, zo mooi -- | aus voller Brust, so schön singt -- |
| zingt geen nachtegaal! | keine Nachtigall! |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-10
Seven little frogs (Jan Pieter Heije) - 1843
Children's song "Zeven kikkertjes" (music L. van der Wulp / T. Steenhuis)
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Heije, Jan Pieter
| The frogs are croaking, | |
| safe under a cloud of blood- | |
| thirsty mosquitoes. | |
| De kikkers kwaken | Die Frösche quaken |
| veilig onder een wolk bloed- | unter einer Wolke blut- |
| dorstige muggen. | rünstiger Mücken. |
Amsterdam, 2012-09-12
The forest behind the cemetery of La Ferté Saint Cyr (on May 31st, 2012)
Collection: Local traffic
Frog
Amsterdam, 2001-05-25
Collection: Pencil
Frog
Amsterdam, 2001-05-25
Collection: Pencil
