| It's impossible | |
| to get up and then go to -- | |
| the doctor as well! | |
| Het is niet te doen, | Es ist unmöglich, |
| opstaan en dan ook nog eens -- | aufzustehen und auch noch -- |
| naar de dokter gaan! | zum Arzt zu gehen! |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-23
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 9 - June 2010, Malmö
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Just let me lie down | |
| in bed, not be a burden -- | |
| to anyone, please. | |
| Alles gaat zo traag, | Alles geht langsam, |
| laat me maar in bed liggen -- | lass mich einfach nur im Bett -- |
| niemand tot last zijn. | niemandem zur Last. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-23
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 9 - June 2010, Malmö
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I feel sick, I am | |
| feverish and dream around -- | |
| over barren fields. | |
| Ik voel me beroerd, | Mir ist schlecht, fiebrig |
| koortsig droom ik rond over -- | träume ich herum über -- |
| verdorde velden. | verdorrte Felder. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-10
Seventy years and more (Basho) - 1694
Poem by Basho (1643-1694), on the day of his death, included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Tabi ni yande / yume wa kareno o / kakemeguru" ("On a journey, ill: / my dream goes wandering / over withered fields")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Basho
| John's illness is called | |
| John, Ella's is called Ella -- | |
| mine, well, you know me. | |
| Jan's ziekte heet Jan, | Finns Krankheit heißt Finn, |
| die van Ella heet Ella -- | Ellas Krankheit heißt Ella -- |
| en mij ken je al. | und mich kennst du ja. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-27
You can't stop summer either (Dimitri Verhulst) - 2015
Novella "De zomer hou je ook niet tegen", page 8
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Verhulst, Dimitri
| When pleasure becomes | |
| smaller everything else seems -- | |
| bigger and harder. | |
| Als het genieten | Wenn die Lust abnimmt, |
| kleiner wordt, dan lijkt de rest -- | erscheint alles andere -- |
| groter en zwaarder. | größer und schwerer. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-13
Collection: Specialities
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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Leave me alone |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-23
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Psychoses in untreated bipolar disorder
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to the character Juno Linnaarts), chapter September 23rd, 2011
Collection: Metamorphic body
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| If love cannot be | |
| expressed, it expresses itself -- | |
| disguised as disease. | |
| Als liefde niet kan | Liebe, die sich nicht |
| geuit worden, uit ze zich -- | ausdrücken darf, drückt sich aus -- |
| vermomd als ziekte. | in einer Krankheit. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-31
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann) - 1924
Novel "Der Zauberberg", $ 4 Hippe, Analyse
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Mann, Thomas
| It's hard to be sick, | |
| and how can I help my friends -- | |
| with their discomfort? | |
| Ziek zijn valt niet mee, | Ich bin krank, also, |
| en hoe help ik mijn vrienden -- | wie kann ich Freunden helfen -- |
| met hun ongemak? | und beruhigen? |
Noordwijk aan Zee, 2021-10-12
Collection: On living on [2]
| I can't do that much | |
| anymore, please let me join -- | |
| you in making plans. | |
| Ik kan niet veel meer, | Ich kann nicht viel mehr, |
| laat me alsjeblieft meedoen -- | bitte lasse mich mit euch -- |
| met plannen maken. | die Pläne machen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-11
Collection: On living on [1]
| The sicker you are, | |
| the harder you have to work -- | |
| to participate. | |
| Hoe zieker je bent, | Je kränker man ist, |
| hoe harder je moet werken -- | desto mehr man schuften muss -- |
| om toch mee te doen. | um mitzumachen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-11
Collection: On living on [1]
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He drove me to the sea |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-04
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| People become sick | |
| of their discontent, too scared -- | |
| of changing their lives. | |
| Mensen worden ziek | Menschen werden krank |
| van hun onvrede, te bang -- | aus Unfriede, zu ängstlich -- |
| voor verandering. | um sich zu ändern. |
Amsterdam, 2021-06-30
A Doll's House / Nora (Henrik Ibsen) - 1879
Play "Et Dukkehjem"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Ibsen, Henrik
| I want to enjoy | |
| strawberries with sweet slipstream -- | |
| be healthy again. | |
| Ik wil genieten | Ich will Erdbeeren |
| van aardbeien met shampoo -- | mit Tagrahmen genießen -- |
| en weer gezond zijn. | wieder gesund sein. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-14
Report by Ellen de Bruin in nrc.next - 2020
Exhaustion and confusion from Covid-19 disease
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: De Bruin, Ellen
| There's a little cloud | |
| above me, so I get pills -- | |
| but it lands on me. | |
| Ondanks de pillen | Trotz der Pillen schwebt |
| zweeft er een wolk boven mij -- | ein Wölkchen über mir, und -- |
| ze landt zelfs op mij. | es landet auf mir. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-01
Stubborn little cloud (Peter du Gardijn) - 2007
Poem "Koppig wolkje" (collection "Onder de dieren")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Du Gardijn, Peter
| I encapsulate | |
| it, suck it out, the lead shot -- | |
| inside my belly. | |
| Ik kapsel het in, | Ich kapsle es ein, |
| zuig het uit, het schot hagel- | sauge es aus, das Hagel- |
| korrels in mijn buik. | Schrot in meinem Bauch. |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-19
Tumours
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Am I doing well, | |
| do the pills really help me -- | |
| against my worries? | |
| Zou het wel goed gaan | Würde es mir gut |
| met mij, helpen de pillen -- | gehen, helfen die Pillen -- |
| tegen mijn zorgen? | bei meinen Sorgen? |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-19
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| I watch the city, | |
| the world from which I was gone -- | |
| It has stopped raining. | |
| Ik kijk naar de stad, | Ich schau auf die Stadt, |
| de wereld waar ik weg was -- | die Welt, von der ich weg war -- |
| Het heeft geregend. | Es hat geregnet. |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-31
Health Care Centre of Our Lady, location East, ward B8
Collection: Life line
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Pyjama days of being ill with closed curtains thinking of being free with closed curtains enjoying each other Being ill is an ardent desire for sparkling energy sunlit rooms never sleep again sing, laugh, feed one another tirelessly and suffer at the most from the desire to be immortal with friends |
Amsterdam, 2019-03-21
Collection: Mosaic virus
| Grandpa in his chair, | |
| sick, wearing a thick sweater -- | |
| He is not himself. | |
| Opa in zijn stoel, | Opa auf seinem |
| ziek, met een trui en een sjaal -- | Stuhl, krank, mit Pulli und Schal -- |
| Hij is zichzelf niet. | Er ist nicht er selbst. |
Amsterdam, 2018-10-31
Hear my voice now (Franca Treur) - 2017
Novel "Hoor nu mijn stem", chapter 8
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Treur, Franca
| A long-term illness | |
| is often harmless and a -- | |
| habituation. | |
| Een langdurige | Eine dauernde |
| ziekte is vaak onschuldig -- | Krankheit is oft harmlos und -- |
| en een gewenning. | eine Gewöhnung. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-21
The road to Sacramento (Gerrit Krol) - 1977
Novel "De weg naar Sacramento"
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
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Smaller than I am |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-19
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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That sense of yellowing and falling |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-23
The abbreviation of io (hi, hurray) was i, but for clarity, it was turned upside down to !
The student song "Io vivat" ("Hurray, he is alive") originated in Leiden during the Batavian Republic (1795-1801)
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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Friends don't know what to do |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-08
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| To burn my last year | |
| in utter despair, I have -- | |
| been constantly sick. | |
| Om mijn laatste jaar | Um mein letztes Jahr |
| in wanhoop te verbranden | in Schwermut zu verbrennen -- |
| ben ik ziek geweest. | war ich immer krank. |
Amsterdam, 2014-01-18
For a few hours (Hans Lodeizen) - 1949
Poem "Op een paar uren" (published in "De vrije bladen" ["The free papers"], 1949, volume 20, book 5)
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans
