| I sit in the mist, | |
| resting on the narrow path -- | |
| Where should I go next? | |
| Ik zit in de mist | Im Nebel sitze |
| uit te rusten, op het pad -- | ich auf dem Weg, wohin soll -- |
| Waarheen verdergaan? | ich weitergehen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-26
Someone (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Iemand", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part XI [Deceased]), and in "Diary 1972-1973" (2012) - September 20th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| We are defeated | |
| by the mist, there's no duel -- | |
| just pearls on the moss. | |
| We zijn verslagen | Wir werden besiegt |
| door de mist, geen duel, maar -- | vom Nebel, keinen Zweikampf -- |
| parels op het mos. | nur Perlen im Moos. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-22
Defeated (Frida Vogels) - 2011
Verse "Verslagen", published in "Diary 1970-1971" - December 17th, 1971, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I pull the curtain | |
| open, just to stall for time, | |
| and study the fog. | |
| Ik trek het gordijn | Ich schau nach draußen, |
| open om tijd te rekken -- | als Aufschub, und studiere -- |
| en bekijk de mist. | den dichten Nebel. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-09
The Green Knight (Iris Murdoch) - 1993
Novel, chapter 2 Justice
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Atmospheric smog, | |
| the quays are mysterious -- | |
| and the river breathes. | |
| De smog is sfeervol, | Stimmungsvoller Smog, |
| de kade geheimzinnig -- | der Kai ist geheimnisvoll -- |
| de rivier ademt. | und der Fluss atmet. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-30
From 1899 to 1904 Claude Monet visited London to paint misty cityscapes
Collection: Local tardiness
| The offshore strobe light | |
| flashes up like a bright star -- | |
| in the mists of rain. | |
| Het vuurtorenlicht | Die Leuchtturmlampe |
| flitst als een heldere ster -- | ist ein hell blinkender Stern -- |
| in de regenmist. | im Regennebel. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-17
Collection: Untwisted
| The fog is clearing, | |
| we're looking into a depth: | |
| the chasm between us. | |
| De nevel trekt op, | Der Nebel hebt sich, |
| we kijken een diepte in: | wir blicken in die Tiefe: |
| de kloof tussen ons. | die Schlucht zwischen uns. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-07
When the mist cleared (Frida Vogels) - 2010
Verse "Toen de nevel optrok", published in "Diary 1968-1969" - December 9th, 1968, Bologna (married for 11 years today)
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Bends between mossy boulders |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-04
North Harris (Scotland)
Radio Nostalgia: in the Netherlands, repertoire from the fifties, sixties and seventies; in France, only French chansons
Collection: Pending rain
| Low tide, the morning | |
| mist surrounding my senses: | |
| circle of silence. | |
| Het is eb, ochtend- | Ebbe, der Morgen- |
| mist rondom mijn zintuigen -- | nebel um meine Sinne -- |
| een cirkel stilte. | ein Kreis der Stille. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2014-11-06
Collection: Metamorphic body
| Alone in my house, | |
| being enclosed by the fog -- | |
| A cow is mooing. | |
| Alleen in mijn huis, | Alleine im Haus, |
| ingesloten door de mist -- | eingeschlossen vom Nebel -- |
| Ergens loeit een koe. | Die Kühe muhen. |
Amsterdam, 2012-04-20
Collection: Local tardiness
Fog (calvary)
Plougonven, 1987-05-27
Calvary next to the church
Collection: Photo's 1987
