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Brotherly love has a knife |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-16
Four poems by Frida Vogels
Italian proverb: 'Amore di fratello, amore col coltello' (Brotherly love, love with a knife), mentioned in the autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" (2024, Frida Vogels, chapter 'Kees en ik' - March 11th, 1983, Bologna)
September 7th, 1964 - I rarely can get out and look for you
September 8th, 1964 - While you're wandering around defenceless somewhere
June 22nd, 1965 - I can't write like I speak
January 11th, 1966 - The horrors of that day
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Now we live apart, | |
| maybe one day we'll look back -- | |
| on it together. | |
| We leven apart, | Wir leben getrennt, |
| misschien kijken we er ooit -- | vielleicht blicken wir je zu -- |
| samen op terug. | zweit darauf zurück. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-24
We couldn't do it (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Wij hebben het niet gekund", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees], and in "Diary 1962-1963" (2007) - February 13th, 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| His brotherly love | |
| carries a knife, in my life -- | |
| nothing may go wrong. | |
| Zijn broederliefde | Mein Bruder trägt ein |
| draagt een mes, in mijn leven -- | Messer, in meinem Leben -- |
| mag er niks misgaan. | darf nichts schiefgehen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-07
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Kees en ik' ('Neil and I') - March 11th, 1983, Bologna (about her relationship with Kees and the breakup on February 15th, 1983 in Amsterdam) - 'Amore di fratello, amore col coltello'
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Together we went | |
| further than we intended: | |
| beyond our friendship. | |
| Samen gingen we | Wir gingen weiter als |
| verder dan we bedoelden: | wir gewollt hatten, über -- |
| de vriendschap voorbij. | die Freundschaft hinaus. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-01
You're my enemy, aren't you? - Turned bitter (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Je bent mijn vijand, is 't niet? - Bitter geworden", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part VI, Kees], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - February 20th, 1966, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Once again we walk | |
| by the sea, as yet looking -- | |
| so expectantly. | |
| We lopen weer langs | Wieder gehen wir |
| de zee en we kijken nog -- | am Meer entlang, sind immer -- |
| steeds vol verwachting. | noch erwartungsvoll. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-06
I walk beside you again (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Ik loop weer naast je, published in "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core", 1994), and in "Diary 1958-1959" (2006) - May 19th, 1958, Luxemburg (about the beach walk near Bergen with Kees, on May 17th, 1958)
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Once again we walk | |
| in the old track, we're absent -- | |
| There is no meeting. | |
| Opnieuw lopen we | Wieder gehen wir |
| in een oud spoor, afwezig -- | den alten Spur, abwesend -- |
| Zonder ontmoeting. | Ohne Begegnung. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-06
I walk beside you again (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Ik loop weer naast je, published in "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core", 1994), and in "Diary 1958-1959" (2006) - May 19th, 1958, Luxemburg (about the beach walk near Bergen with Kees, on May 17th, 1958)
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Family needs to | |
| be lovely: each other's crown | |
| witness, a party! | |
| Familie moet mooi | Familie soll schön |
| zijn: allemaal elkaars kroon- | sein: von einander der Kron- |
| getuige, een feest! | zeuge, ein Feier! |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-21
Family (Else-Marie van den Eerenbeemt) - 2016
Column "Geef je familie nog één kans" ("Give your family one more chance", 2016, Ellen de Bruin, with a quote from Else-Marie van den Eerenbeemt), in the nrc.next of December 21st, 2016
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Van Den Eerenbeemt, E-M.
| Since father is dead, | |
| we're closer to each other -- | |
| family indeed. | |
| Sinds vader dood is, | Vater starb, seitdem |
| zijn wij hechter met elkaar -- | sind wir uns näher, ja, doch -- |
| toch een familie. | eine Familie. |
Amsterdam, 2016-10-22
Collection: The King
