| I do get the cup | |
| of coffee, but the owner -- | |
| looks tightly past me. | |
| Ik krijg het kopje | Der Tee wird serviert, |
| koffie, maar de eigenaar -- | aber der Inhaber schaut -- |
| kijkt strak langs me heen. | starr an mir vorbei. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-15
You're not singing very long - 3 (Mustafa Stitou) - 2003
Poem "Het zingen vergaat je" (collection "Varkensroze ansichten")
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Stitou, Mustafa
| The boat refugees | |
| drown, and only after that -- | |
| they're floating about. | |
| Bootvluchtelingen | Die Bootsflüchtlinge |
| verdrinken, en daarna pas -- | ertrinken, und erst nachher -- |
| blijven ze drijven. | schwimmen sie herum. |
Amsterdam, 2022-02-22
The capital (Ghayath Almadhoun) - 2016
Poem (in DW B magazine (Dietsche Warande & Belfort, 2016-3, and in the collection "Ik hier jij daar")
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Almadhoun, Ghayath
| We are unwanted, | |
| so we wait for the angel -- | |
| of oblivion. | |
| We zijn ongewenst | Wir sind unerwünscht |
| en wachten op de engel -- | und warten auf den Engel -- |
| van het vergeten. | der Vergessenheit. |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-01
Angel of Oblivion (Maja Haderlap) - 2011
Novel "Engel des Vergessens"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Haderlap, Maja
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To reign is to look into the future |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-22
Syria (Damascus in 717): Jews must wear a yellow kerchief, Samaritans a red one and Christians a blue one
Iraq (Baghdad in 1121): Jewish men must wear yellow marks and a lead label around their necks, Jewish women a red and black shoe, and a bell
Collection: Short Sermons
| A martyr is made | |
| of an ardent devoutness: | |
| with scalding hot oil. | |
| Martelaren zijn | Der Märtyrer, aus |
| gemaakt van vurig geloof: | glühendem Glauben gemacht: |
| met hete olie. | mit brühheißem Öl. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-09
The perpetual motion machine of love (Renate Dorrestein) - 1988
Autobiographical account "Het Perpetuum Mobile van de Liefde", chapter 1 Zet eens een kroon op uw liehiefde (Crown your lo-ove)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
