| I am making do | |
| with the cart I have, because -- | |
| I want to go home. | |
| Ik behelp me maar | Ich helfe mich mit |
| met de kar die ik heb, want -- | der Karre, die ich habe -- |
| ik wil graag naar huis. | Ich will nach Hause. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
It bumps along, keeps getting stuck (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Het hobbelt voort, telkens blijft het steken", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part XII [Evaluation]) - November 19th, 1974, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| In our daily lives, | |
| homesickness reverberates -- | |
| in countless echoes. | |
| Ons heimwee weerkaatst | Heimweh widerhallt |
| in ons dagelijks leven -- | in dem täglichen Leben -- |
| talloze echo's. | zahllose Echos. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-09
The return (Anon. [Africa]) - 2023
Composition to the song "Le Retour": 'We will return, oh we will return to our homeland', sung by Omayma Jehouani, adapted in 2023 by John Kameel Farah and performed by him in the Organpark on November 9th, 2024, on organs, synthesizers and piano
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Farah, John Kameel
| The old gallery | |
| of cast iron arches and -- | |
| autumn red wild vine. | |
| Oude gaanderij | Alte Galerie |
| van gietijzeren bogen -- | aus Gusseisenbögen und -- |
| en wilde wingerd. | roten Wildern Wein. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-18
Collection: Greeting from before
| Not at home. Not there, | |
| nor here. At night I shout it -- | |
| over the rooftops. | |
| Nergens thuis, niet daar | Nicht zu Hause, nicht dort, |
| en niet hier, ik roep het 's nachts -- | nicht hier, ich schreie es nachts -- |
| over de daken. | über die Dächer. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-25
Where is my beloved? (Alibabaei Behrang)
Song "Mari priyatama kyan chhe", sung by Alibabaei Behrang in the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam on November 25th, 2023, accompanied by Orchestre Partout and the Cello Octet - composition 2023 by Oene van Geel
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Behrang, Alibabaei
Composer: Van Geel, Oene
| High into the void | |
| I sing, oh my country, if -- | |
| only I had one. | |
| Steeds hoger zing ik | Ganz hoch ins Leere |
| de leegte in, ach, mijn land -- | singe ich, mein Land, wenn ich -- |
| had ik er maar een. | nur einen hätte. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-25
Where is my beloved? (Alibabaei Behrang)
Song "Mari priyatama kyan chhe", sung by Alibabaei Behrang in the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam on November 25th, 2023, accompanied by Orchestre Partout and the Cello Octet - composition 2023 by Oene van Geel
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Behrang, Alibabaei
Composer: Van Geel, Oene
| In my mind she says: | |
| Stay here, this is your home, come -- | |
| and stand between us. | |
| In mijn hoofd zegt ze: | Im Geiste sagt sie: |
| Blijf hier, dit is jouw thuis, kom -- | Bleib hier, Zuhause, komm nun -- |
| tussen ons in staan. | und steh zwischen uns. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-19
Aboriginal Landscape (Louise Glück) - 2013
In the country, outside the city
Poem, published in "Poetry" (December 2013) and in the collection "Faithful and Virtuous Nigh" (2014)
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Glück, Louise
| Liz doesn't want to play | |
| in the children's home, she goes -- | |
| to find her mama. | |
| Elsje speelt niet mee | Im Kinderheim spielt |
| in het kinderhuis, ze gaat -- | die Elsa nicht mit, sie geht -- |
| op zoek naar mama. | auf Mama-Suche. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-25
Liz (Freek de Jonge, Bram Vermeulen) - 1970
Song "Elsje" (performance "Neerlands Hoop in Panama" ["Hope of the Netherlands in Panama"])
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek; Vermeulen, Bram
| I rake the ashes | |
| of the olive stones and I -- | |
| smell my homesickness. | |
| Ik pook in de as | Er harkt die Asche |
| van de olijfpitten en -- | der Olivenkerne und -- |
| ik ruik mijn heimwee. | er riecht sein Heimweh. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-30
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "spitalfields"
Collection: Inwardings
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Yet I look away | |
| from the full moon, and I think -- | |
| back to my homeland. | |
| Al gauw kijk ik weg | Doch bald schaue ich |
| van de volle maan, ik denk -- | vom Vollmond weg und denke -- |
| aan mijn vaderland. | an meine Heimat. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-16
Thoughts in the Silent Night (Chen Wangs) - 750
Poem (collection "The Cassia Tree", in "New Directions 19" [1966, David Rafael Wang and William Carlos Williams])
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Wang, Chen; Williams, William Carlos
|
Are we there? |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-21
Four Scenes: Dialogue One (Aspasia Nasopoulou) - 2021
Composition for voice and organ
Prose poems "Le città invisibili" ("The invisible cities", 1972, Italo Calvino) about Venice
Collection: ORG anp ark
Tribute to: Calvino, Italo
Composer: Nasopoulou, Aspasia
|
I didn't even live by a river |
Amsterdam, 2021-01-16
Homesickness (René Magritte) - 1941
Painting "Le mal du pays"
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Magritte, René
| Wander herb, full moon: | |
| we are homesick in autumn -- | |
| in many places. | |
| Dwaalkruid, volle maan: | Wanderkraut, Vollmond: |
| er is heimwee in de herfst -- | wir haben Heimweh im Herbst -- |
| op vele plaatsen. | an vielen Orten. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-08
Time is hard (Juyi Bai) - 799
To three cousins
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Bai, Juyi
|
On a swivel chair, I look around |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-22
Chair car (Edward Hopper) - 1965
Painting
Film "Shirley: visions of reality (2013, Gustav Deutsch)
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward; Deutsch, Gustav
|
Sometimes I'm nostalgic |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-10
Collection: Pending rain
|
Emptiness pulls me over the side-walk |
Amsterdam, 2016-04-03
Collection: Greeting from before
| My house, a bright spot: | |
| the tin bronze outdoor lantern -- | |
| of my ancestors. | |
| Mijn huis, een lichtpunt: | Mein Haus, ein Lichtpunkt: |
| de bronzen buitenlantaarn -- | die bronzene Laterne -- |
| van mijn voorouders. | meiner Vorfahren. |
Amsterdam, 2012-02-06
Collection: The Praised One
