| Wow, did you see it: | |
| my fantastic splashing dive -- | |
| into the big cake! | |
| Zagen jullie het: | Habt ihr's gesehen: |
| mijn fantastische spatduik -- | mein fantastischer Kopfsprung -- |
| in de grote taart! | in die Festtorte! |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-21
On the swan's birthday (Toon Tellegen) - 2001
Short story "Op de verjaardag van de zwaan", published in the collections "Taartenboek" (2001) and "Iedereen was er" (2009)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| The animals thank | |
| the frog for his croaking, and -- | |
| they leave him alone. | |
| Iedereen bedankt | Alle danken dem |
| de kikker voor zijn gekwaak -- | Frosch für sein Quaken, und sie -- |
| en laat hem alleen. | lassen ihn allein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-27
The frog stood in front of his mirror and looked at himself (Toon Tellegen) - 2013
Short story "De kikker stond voor zijn spiegel en bekeek zichzelf", published in the collections "Het lot van de kikker" (2013), "Ze wisten er meer van" (2020), and "Voor elkaar" (2023)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| 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
