| There's nothing to lose! | |
| I'm already dead, I dare -- | |
| to go through the gate. | |
| Niets te verliezen! | Nichts zu verlieren! |
| Ik ben immers toch al dood -- | Ich bin tot, ich wage es -- |
| Ik durf de poort door. | und gehe durchs Tor. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-05
Late (Salman Rushdie) - 2025
Story, paragraph 4, collection "The Eleventh Hour" (pages 130-131)
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Thinking about death, | |
| I turn what is terrible -- | |
| into bittersweet. | |
| Denkend aan de dood | Denkend an den Tod, |
| kan ik wat vreselijk is -- | mache ich das Schreckliche -- |
| bitterzoet maken. | zu Bittersüßem. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Universal aesthetics - 2 (Lieke Marsman) - 2021
Poem "Universele esthetiek" - 2 (collection "In mijn mand")
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke
| There are dangers on | |
| my flight from the scimitar -- | |
| Will death await me? | |
| Welk gevaar wacht mij | Gefahren lauern |
| op mijn vlucht voor het kromzwaard? | auf der Flucht vor dem Krummschwert -- |
| Waar wacht mij de dood? | Werde ich sterben? |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-09
Tale about Death - 600
Babylonian Talmud, sukkah 53a (c. 600 AD) >> Rumi's tale about King Solomon and Azrael, the Angel of Death (Mathnawi, book I) >> Short story in the novel "Le grand écart" (1923, Jean Cocteau) >> Poem "De tuinman en de dood" ("The Gardener and Death", 1926, Pieter N. Van Eyck), and the novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (2-) 28
Islamic State
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Van Eyck, Pieter N; Anon. [Israel]
| The cattle wails, out | |
| of the truck, into the hall -- | |
| ignorant, knowing. | |
| Angstig klaagt het vee, | Das Vieh heult vor Angst, |
| de wagen uit, de hal in -- | es muss rein in die Halle -- |
| onwetend, wetend. | unwissend, wissend. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-09
Modular 4 for Fourteen (Seung-Won Oh) - 2022
Composition for large wind ensemble, performed by the fourteen musicians of Orchestra De Ereprijs in the Organpark on December 9th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Oh, Seung-Won
| There's still smelly air | |
| escaping from me, I steam -- | |
| fear. How shall I die? | |
| Er ontsnapt nog lucht | Immer noch entweicht |
| uit mij, ik wasem angsten -- | mir Luft, ich dämpfe Angst. Wie -- |
| Hoe zal ik doodgaan? | werde ich sterben? |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-12
that's when everything seems to fall apart (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "dis wanneer alles lyk asof dit ineenstort" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| The cows run away | |
| from the farmer, in the yard -- | |
| there are cattle trucks. | |
| De koeien rennen | Die Kühe laufen |
| weg van de boer, op het erf -- | aufgeregt weg, auf dem Hof -- |
| staan twee veewagens. | stehen Viehwagen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-31
The Office - The Death of Maarten Koning (Han Voskuil) - 2000
Novel "Het Bureau - De dood van Maarten Koning"
Pages 39, 41 and 49 Maarten Koning (1987)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| People sing to be | |
| strong, an antiphony with -- | |
| death cries in the night. | |
| Mensen zingen zich | Die Leute singen: |
| moed in, een beurtzang met doods- | Wechselgesang mit Todes- |
| kreten in de nacht. | schreien in der Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-31
1. Religion, 2. North Sea Flood of 1953, in Zeeland, the Netherlands, January 31st - February 1st
Collection: The Praised One
| Don't worry, because | |
| it is dead simple to die -- | |
| We can all do it. | |
| Wees niet bezorgd, want | Hab keine Sorge, |
| sterven is doodeenvoudig -- | denn das Sterben ist einfach -- |
| Iedereen kan het. | Einjeder kann es. |
Amsterdam, 2020-05-07
Dying is dead simple (René Gude) - 2014
"Sterven is doodeenvoudig"
Collection: The Praised One
Tribute to: Gude, René
| Shall I acquiesce? | |
| cry Help! or hit? No, again -- | |
| it does not happen. | |
| Zal ik berusten? | Soll ich mich fügen? |
| Help! roepen? slaan? Nee, weer niet -- | Hilfe! rufen? schlagen? Nein -- |
| nooit komt het ervan. | nie ist es soweit. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-17
This is it (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Poem "Zover" (collection "Glas tussen ons")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
