| The mosquitoes buzz | |
| sadly around the net o- | |
| ver my dead husband. | |
| De muggen zoemen | Die Mücken schwirren |
| zo droevig rondom het net -- | so traurig um das Netz um -- |
| om mijn dode man. | meinen toten Mann. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-11
That sound too (Motojo) - 1776
Haiku by Motojo, after the death of her husband Chora (1722-1776), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Ka no koe mo / kanashiki kaya no / atari kana" ("The drone of the mosquitoes / round the netting, too, / is sad")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Motojo
| After the defeat, | |
| his doubts buzz around him like -- | |
| a mosquito cloud. | |
| Na de nederlaag | Nach der Besiegung |
| zoemen twijfels om hem heen -- | umschwirren ihn die Zweifel -- |
| als een wolk muggen. | wie ein Schwarm Mücken. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-12
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 1 Birth, chapter 8
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Suddenly it's gone: | |
| no more house, just a mountain -- | |
| of mosquitoes there. | |
| Ineens is het weg: | Plötzlich ist es weg: |
| geen huis meer, alleen een berg -- | kein Haus mehr, nur ein Berg von -- |
| muggen waar het was. | Mücken wo es war. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-06
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapter April 28th, 1986
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| A mosquito spins | |
| around my face, the wings buzz -- | |
| I feel a slight breeze. | |
| Om mijn gezicht draait | Die Mückenflügel, |
| een mug, de vleugels zoemen -- | sie schwirren um mein Gesicht -- |
| ik voel een zuchtje. | ich fühle den Hauch. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-01
The Pillow Book (Sei Sh?nagon) - 1002
Diary "Makura no S?shi" #26
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Shonagon, Sei
Mosquito
Amsterdam, 2018-10-16
Collection: Pencil
