| The great happiness | |
| that my children give me is -- | |
| that they bother me. | |
| Het grote geluk | Das große Glück, das |
| dat kinderen schenken, is -- | die Kinder mir schenken, ist -- |
| dat ze je storen. | dass sie mich stören. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-27
Lotte Houwink ten Cate - 2026
The "Reading Back" column of the NRC, March 27th, 2026
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Houwink ten Cate, Lotte
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So far away from me |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-19
So Far Away (Carole King) - 1971
Song, album "Tapestry"
Collection: More
Tribute to: King, Carole
Dedicated to: Madelief dK
| Ask this shopkeeper | |
| for happiness, and he'll ask -- | |
| you to dance with him. | |
| Ik vroeg om geluk, | Ich fragte nach Glück, |
| en de winkelier begon -- | und die Händlerin fing an -- |
| met mij te dansen. | mit mir zu tanzen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-24
Early in the morning, when almost all the animals were still asleep (Toon Tellegen) - 2011
Short story "Vroeg in de ochtend, toen bijna alle dieren nog sliepen", published in the collections "Het geluk van de sprinkhaan" (2011), and "Ze wisten er meer van" (2020)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Happy: not wanting, | |
| solely letting go of what -- | |
| I no longer want. | |
| Geluk: niet krijgen | Glück: nicht bekommen, |
| wat je wilt, maar loslaten -- | was man will, nein, loslassen -- |
| wat je niet meer wilt. | was man nicht mehr will. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-10
Considering the facts (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2018
Novella "Gezien de feiten", chapter 25
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet
| Well educated, | |
| nice job, married and a child -- | |
| say: a complete life. | |
| Opgeleid, leuk werk, | Schöne Facharbeit |
| getrouwd en een kind, kortom: | verheiratet und ein Kind: |
| het volle leven. | das volle Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-21
Collection: Summer birds
| What makes us happy? | |
| And with which pacifiers -- | |
| are we just fobbed off? | |
| Waar zijn we blij mee? | Was macht uns glücklich? |
| En wat zijn de fopspenen -- | Was sind dabei die Schnuller -- |
| die ons zoethouden? | die uns hinhalten? |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-05
The scorned child (Guus Kuijer) - 1980
Book "Het geminachte kind"
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| My great happiness | |
| of mania! Yet others -- | |
| can do without it. | |
| Het grote geluk | Mein großes Manie- |
| van mijn manie: hoe kunnen -- | Glück: wie können andere -- |
| anderen zonder? | ohne sie leben? |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-07
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapter August 1st, 2008
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| Less manual work, | |
| more machines, does that make us -- | |
| more and more happy? | |
| Minder handwerk, meer | Weniger Arbeit, |
| machines, ach, maakt dat ons -- | mehr Maschinen, macht uns das -- |
| steeds gelukkiger? | immer glücklicher? |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-14
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Is operating machines more satisfying than manual work?
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 941, Maarten Koning and Gert Wiggelaar (1978)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
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You sleep and I watch -- |
Amsterdam, 2021-01-23
At the birth of Julia
Collection: Without reserve
Dedicated to: Magda S
| It's always like this, | |
| whenever I am happy -- | |
| I feel so lonely. | |
| Altijd is het zo, | Das ist einfach so, |
| wanneer ik gelukkig ben -- | wann immer ich glücklich bin -- |
| voel ik me eenzaam. | fühl ich mich einsam. |
Braamt, 2018-09-05
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 1 'Non-contradiction', chapter 2 'The Chain'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn
| Happiness is just | |
| a moderate, caring life -- | |
| It's impassioned peace. | |
| Geluk is gewoon | Das Glück ist einfach |
| gematigd, zorgzaam leven -- | ein fürsorgliches Leben -- |
| Bezielde vrede. | Beseelter Frieden. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-10
The happiness of this world (Christoffel Plantijn) - 1589
Poem "Le bonheur de ce monde", based on Marcus Martialis
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Plantijn, Christoffel; Martialis, Marcus
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Only afterwards do I know |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-12
Collection: Without reserve
| Two-thirds of the book | |
| to quietly live after -- | |
| your happiest day! | |
| Nog tweederde boek | Noch zwei Drittel des |
| rustig doorleven na je -- | Buches weiterleben nach -- |
| gelukkigste dag! | dem glücklichsten Tag! |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-25
On closer inspection (Han Voskuil) - 1963
Autobiographical novel "Bij nader inzien" - September 16th, 1949, Amsterdam
Lucien Leuwen (1894, Stendhal)
The wedding day as the happiest day of your life
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han; Stendhal
| The dogs run around | |
| the ball and the barbecues: | |
| too much happiness! | |
| Honden rennen rond | Hunde um den Ball |
| de bal en de barbecues: | und um die Grillen herum: |
| veel te veel geluk! | es gibt zu viel Glück! |
Amsterdam, 2013-07-31
Collection: NightWatch
