| I have a fever, | |
| I'm getting attention, but -- | |
| I still find it cold. | |
| Ik heb koorts, ik krijg | Ich habe Fieber, |
| aandacht en eten op bed -- | bekomme Aufmerksamkeit -- |
| maar ril van de kou. | aber mir ist kalt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-21
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om høsten", part 2, chapter 'October', § 'Fever' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| She has to lie flat, | |
| so she is sick, and I must -- | |
| therefore wash my hands. | |
| Ze moet plat liggen, | Sie muss flach liegen, |
| dus is ze ziek en moet ik -- | ist also krank, und ich muss -- |
| me steeds ontsmetten. | mich deshalb waschen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - October 4th, 1974, Bologna (after her mother-in-law's cataract surgery)
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Can you really get | |
| out through the door with the sign -- | |
| Euphemism Garden? | |
| Kun je hier echt weg, | Kommt man hier wirklich |
| door de deur met het bordje -- | raus, durch die Tür mit dem Schild -- |
| Eufemismetuin? | Verbrämungs-Garten? |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-22
Underland (Alma Mathijsen) - 2024
Novel "Onderland", chapter Levi
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Mathijsen, Alma
| At last I confess | |
| that I am ill, and now they -- | |
| all are intruding. | |
| Eindelijk beken | Schließlich gestehe |
| ik ziek te zijn en nu dringt -- | ich, dass ich krank bin, und jetzt -- |
| iedereen zich op. | drängen sich alle. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-22
Today for me (Renate Dorrestein) - 1993
Autobiographical book "Heden ik", about ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), chapter 'Fourth act'
Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today for me, tomorrow for thee)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Medicines may work | |
| and not help, and they may help -- | |
| though they do not work. | |
| Een medicijn werkt. | Es ist oft getrennt, |
| maar helpt soms niet, of helpt soms -- | ob ein Medikament wirkt -- |
| ook al werkt het niet. | und ob es dir hilft. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-22
Today for me (Renate Dorrestein) - 1993
Autobiographical book "Heden ik", about ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), chapter 'Sixth act'
Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today for me, tomorrow for thee)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| The clinic, a door | |
| opens, a white coat appears -- | |
| and the door closes. | |
| De deur gaat open, | Die Tür öffnet sich, |
| er verschijnt een witte jas -- | ein weißer Kittel erscheint -- |
| en de deur gaat dicht. | und die Tür schließt sich. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-02
Tanglewreck (Jeanette Winterson) - 2006
Novel, chapter 29 Bethlehem Hospital
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| I fill my patients... | |
| with confidence in doctors -- | |
| It's placebo-free! | |
| Ik dien patiënten... | Patienten gebe |
| vertrouwen in dokters toe -- | ich Vertrauen in Ärzte -- |
| Heel placebo-vrij! | Sehr placebofrei! |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-14
The GP and the light girl (Simon Vestdijk) - 1952
Novel "De dokter en het lichte meisje", chapter "An interlude"
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
|
After the ritual you were healthy |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-07
servant talk (Antjie Krog) - 2014
Poem "bediendepraatjies" (collection "Mede-wete" ["Synapse"])
Collection: On living on [2]
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| To be healed I want | |
| to be in the hospital -- | |
| to be an object. | |
| Om te genezen | Um zu heilen, bin |
| wil ik in het ziekenhuis -- | ich bereit, im Krankenhaus -- |
| wel een object zijn. | ein Objekt zu sein. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-31
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
| Empty waiting rooms | |
| in the hospital, no one -- | |
| will become ill here. | |
| Lege wachtkamers | Die Wartezimmer |
| in het ziekenhuis, niemand -- | der Poliklinik sind leer -- |
| zal hier ziek worden. | Hier wird niemand krank. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-18
Collection: Greeting from before
| From my blood, sputum, | |
| and piss: tearing off all masks -- | |
| from the pathogens. | |
| Uit bloed, plas en slijm | Aus Blut, Urin und |
| alle maskers afrukken -- | Schleim alle Masken reißen -- |
| van de ziekmaker. | von den Erregern. |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-21
Health Care Centre of Our Lady, location West, ward B6
Collection: On living on [1]
| I'm in the repair | |
| basket on the seventh floor -- | |
| waiting to be patched. | |
| Zeven hoog op zaal | Auf dem siebten Stock |
| lig ik in de lappenmand -- | liege ich im Flickenkorb -- |
| voor reparatie. | zur Reparatur. |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-20
Health Care Centre of Our Lady, location West, ward B6
Collection: Life line
|
No minor issue can be made |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-03
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| In the hospital, | |
| you caress me in your mind -- | |
| free of electrodes. | |
| Naast me, aan het bed, | Neben mir, am Bett, |
| streel je me in gedachten -- | streichelst du mich im Geiste -- |
| elektrodenvrij. | Elektrodenfrei. |
Amsterdam, 2013-06-22
Hospital (heart monitoring department)
Collection: Life line
| White infusion drips | |
| in, red blood is taken out -- | |
| I am getting pale. | |
| Buisjes wit infuus | Weiße Infusion |
| erin en rood bloed eruit -- | geht rein und rotes Blut raus -- |
| ik word er bleek van. | es macht mich ganz blass. |
Amsterdam, 2013-03-04
Hospital (heart monitoring department)
Collection: Life line
