| In the crickets' songs | |
| it cannot be heard that they -- | |
| will die tomorrow. | |
| Je kunt niet horen | Man hört dem Gesang |
| aan het lied van de krekel -- | der Grille nicht an, dass sie -- |
| dat hij morgen sterft. | morgen sterben wird. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-10
Eventually, I'll die (Basho) - 1690
Haiku by Basho (1643-1694), from 1690, included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Yagate shinu / keshiki wa miezu / semi no koe" ("No sign / in the cicada's song / that it will soon be gone")
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Basho
| Frozen soil, rumbling | |
| with feet, naked and skinny -- | |
| the locust stands braced. | |
| De bevroren grond | Der Boden bebt von |
| dreunt van voeten, naakt en schriel -- | Füßen, nackt und mager spannt -- |
| staat de sprinkhaan schrap. | die Grille sich an. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-17
On fragile legs on the frozen ground (Frida Vogels) - 2012
Poem "Op broze pootjes op de bevroren grond", published in "Diary 1972-1973" - December 3rd, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
