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She lives at the end |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-07
Reunion in the lane (Heinrich Böll) - 1948
Story "Wiedersehen in der Allee" (collection "Heinrich Böll, 1947 bis 1951" [1950] )
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Böll, Heinrich
| After life there is | |
| no new body, everything -- | |
| will be energy. | |
| Na het leven komt | Nach dem Leben gibt |
| er geen nieuw lichaam, dan is -- | es keinen neuen Körper -- |
| alles energie. | nur noch Energie. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 6, Church
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| People suffer and | |
| the earth too, I'm expecting -- | |
| the eternal light. | |
| De mensen lijden, | Menschen und Erde |
| de aarde ook, ik verwacht -- | leiden, ich schaue aus nach -- |
| het eeuwige licht. | dem ewigen Licht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-14
Primal Light (Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim / Gustav Mahler) - 1808
Song "Urlicht", from the poetry collection "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (1808, Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim), set to music in 1892 by Gustav Mahler, and included in his 2nd Symphony of 1894
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Brentano, Clemens; Von Arnim, Achim
Composer: Mahler, Gustav
| Farewell, my body, | |
| my soul longs so much for rest -- | |
| for heavenly rest. | |
| Vaarwel, mijn lichaam, | Geh schon, mein Körper, |
| mijn ziel verlangt zo naar rust -- | meine Seele sehnt sich nach -- |
| naar hemelse rust. | himmlischer Ruhe. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-02
Haste to strike, oh longed for hour (Salomon Franck [?]) - 1720
Song (cantate/air) "Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde", music Georg Melchior Hoffmann (BWV 53)
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Franck (?), Salomon
Composer: Hoffmann, Georg Melchior
| Suicide: out of | |
| desperation, masochism -- | |
| mixed with some sadism. | |
| Zelfmoord: uit wanhoop | Selbstmord: Verzweiflung |
| en masochisme, gemengd -- | und Masochismus, dazu -- |
| met wat sadisme. | etwas Sadismus. |
De Koog, 2024-09-20
Requiem for a friend (Han Voskuil) - 2002
Novel "Requiem voor een vriend", chapter 1951-1956, Saturday October 24th, 1953 - The Hague, Han Voskuil
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| My suffering ends | |
| here, as I pass through the door -- | |
| into not-knowing. | |
| Mijn lijden eindigt | Mein Leiden endet |
| hier, nu ik door de deur ga -- | hier, ich gehe durch die Tür -- |
| het niet-weten in. | weg ins Nichtwissen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-20
The Wild Iris (Louise Glück) - 1992
Poem (collection "The Wild Iris")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Glück, Louise
| The child from the sea | |
| cries Seagulls and Foam My Mum -- | |
| Here I come, I come! | |
| Het kind uit de zee | Das Kind aus dem Meer |
| schreeuwt Meeuwen en Schuim Brandaan -- | schreit Schaum und Möwe Sonne -- |
| Ik kom, kom eraan! | Ich komme, komme! |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-28
The foundling of Ameland (Freek de Jonge, Boudewijn de Groot) - 2002
Song "De vondeling van Ameland" (music Boudewijn de Groot; performance "Parlando")
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek; De Groot, Boudewijn
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Events flow through my head |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-02
The weeping woman (Jayro Bustamante) - 2019
Film "La Llorona" ("The weeping woman" [looking for her drowned children], 2019, Jayro Bustamante, about the Guatemalan Genocide in the 1980s
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Bustamante, Jayro
| Father is buried, | |
| there is more light now, the sky -- | |
| is so much wider. | |
| Hij is begraven, | Er ist begraben, |
| is er nu meer licht, de lucht -- | es wird heller, der Himmel -- |
| is zoveel ruimer. | ist jetzt viel weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-04
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 45, Maarten Koning and Frans Veen (1975)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Over there, the crows | |
| on the wall, they are guarding -- | |
| the side you can't see. | |
| Er zitten kraaien | Dort, diese Krähen |
| op de muur, ze bewaken -- | auf der Wand überwachen -- |
| de andere kant. | die andre Seite. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-08
The wall (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Poem "De muur" (collection "Glas tussen ons")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| A plunge in the night, | |
| all I can see is a hat -- | |
| on the bridge railing. | |
| Een plons in de nacht, | Ein Plumps in der Nacht, |
| ik zie alleen maar een hoed -- | ich sehe nur einen Hut -- |
| op de brugleuning. | auf dem Brückenrand. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-15
And another one! (Luigi Pirandello) - 1901
Story "E due!"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| Death stands before me, | |
| she lets me suck her breasts, then -- | |
| she closes her cloak. | |
| De dood belt aan, laat | Der Tod ist da, lässt |
| me aan haar borsten zuigen -- | mich ihre Brüste saugen -- |
| en sluit haar mantel. | schließt ihren Mantel. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-20
Death before the door (Ali Serik) - 2015
Poem "De dood voor de deur" (collection "Hartslagen van de mus")
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Serik, Ali
| In difficult years | |
| there is too much time at night -- | |
| on any high bridge. | |
| In zware jaren | In schweren Jahren |
| is er 's nachts veel te veel tijd -- | gibt es nachts viel zu viel Zeit -- |
| op de hoge brug. | auf der Hochbrücke. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-03
About the suicide (Bertolt Brecht) - 1939
Lyrics "Über den Selbstmoord"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt
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You can't go on like that |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-23
At the death of Gert-Jan Schuller
Collection: Pending rain
Dedicated to: Ellen H
