| After all, I have | |
| to go, I can't just stand there -- | |
| at night, white with snow. | |
| Ik moet toch ergens | Ich muss irgendwo- |
| heen, ik kan niet blijven staan -- | hin, kann ja nicht einfach da -- |
| 's nachts, wit van de sneeuw. | stehen, weiß vom Schnee. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2026-05-31
Children are civilians too (Heinrich Böll) - 1950
Story "Auch Kinder sind Zivilisten" (collection "Heinrich Böll, 1947 bis 1951")
Collection: Patterns
Tribute to: Böll, Heinrich
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They throw stones, wave |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-21
Five poems by Frida Vogels
November 13th, 1959 - Like a reindeer jumping over the fence
November 30th, 1960 / September 10th, 1964 - The injured animal
August 5th, 1969 - Poor animal
March 8th, 1970 - An animal that, again and again
October 21st, 1971 - It ran
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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I knighted myself |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-18
Seven poems by Frida Vogels
October 20th, 1952 - There had been heavy fighting: on the plateau
January 22nd, 1960 - I always had to leave
December 16th, 1969 - Only now, finally, am I safe
January 26th, 1970 - Not daring to set out, for fear of forgetting where one came from
July 20th, 1971 - Coming home
April 28th, 1974 - It was a mission: I had to go on alone
December 5th, 1976 - 'Here I am safe'
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Wanting to get home, | |
| sleep again where everything -- | |
| is finally right. | |
| Thuis willen komen, | Nach Hause kommen, |
| en slapen waar eindelijk -- | wieder schlafen, wo endlich -- |
| alles weer goed is. | alles richtig ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
The road home: near, far (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "De weg naar huis: dichtbij, veraf", 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
| I am different | |
| here, on this side of the sea -- | |
| where my home is not. | |
| Hier ben ik anders, | Hier bin ich anders, |
| aan deze kant van de zee -- | an diesem Ufer, wo mein -- |
| waar mijn thuis niet is. | Zuhause nicht ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-28
On the hidden shore / Renunciation (Jorgos Seferis / Mikis Theodorakis) - 1924
Song "Sto perigiali to kryfo" / "Arnisi" (lyrics 1924, music 1960)
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Seferis, Jorgos
Composer: Theodorakis, Mikis
| In this house of ours | |
| we suffer hunger and cold! | |
| Smash it to pieces! | |
| In dit huis van ons | In unserem Haus |
| lijden we honger en kou! | hungern und frieren wir! Soll -- |
| Sla het kort en klein! | ich es zerstören? |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-18
Now just take the risk (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Het nu maar wagen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]), and in "Diary 1970-1971" (2011) - June 6th, 1971, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I'm longing for home, | |
| somewhere, I keep drawing it -- | |
| Simply, like a child. | |
| Ik verlang naar huis, | Ich sehne mich nach |
| ergens, ik teken het steeds -- | Zuhause und zeichne es -- |
| Simpel, als een kind. | Einfach, wie ein Kind. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-14
The displaced (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "De ontheemden", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage], and in "Diary 1970-1971" - January 21st, 1970, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| On the sidelines in | |
| this country unknown to me -- | |
| I can safely watch. | |
| Langs de kant kan ik | Auf der Seite kann |
| in dit onbekende land -- | ich im unbekannten Land -- |
| veilig toekijken. | sicher zusehen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-13
Only now, finally, am I safe (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Eerst nu, eindelijk, veilig", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]), and in "Diary 1968-1969" (2010) - December 16th, 1969, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| He is back, being | |
| a foreigner in the land -- | |
| he longed for so much. | |
| Hij kwam terug, maar | Er ist zwar zurück, |
| is een vreemde in het land -- | aber ein Fremder im Land -- |
| van zijn verlangen. | seines Verlangens. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-24
Nightfather (Carl Friedman) - 1991
Novella "Tralievader" (translation 1994), chapter 'Vreemdeling' (Foreigner) - [1] Odysseus, [2] people who survived a German Nazi concentration camp, [3] ...
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Friedman, Carl
| Will, after the war, | |
| our hearts still be awaiting -- | |
| us at home, sweet home? | |
| Zal na de oorlog | Werden nach dem Krieg |
| ons hart thuis nog steeds op ons -- | unsre Herzen zu Hause -- |
| aan het wachten zijn? | noch auf uns warten? |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-21
the Passion (Jeanette Winterson) - 1987
Novel, chapter 3 the Zero Winter
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Refugees must learn | |
| to forget their memories: | |
| no Home, Return, Hope. | |
| De vluchtelingen | Flüchtlinge müssen |
| moeten leren vergeten: | lernen, es zu vergessen: |
| Thuis, Terugkeer, Hoop. | Heim, Rückkehr, Hoffnung. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-19
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 9 Membrane
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| A host country: like | |
| a sober hotel, fine, but -- | |
| without my story. | |
| Een gastland is als | Ein Gastland: wie ein |
| een sober hotel, goed, maar -- | gutes Hotel, nur ohne -- |
| zonder mijn verhaal. | meine Geschichte. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-04
Christmas carol (Daria Lysenko) - 2025
Poem "Kerstlied", collection "Ik hoor dat je in Nederland bent..." ("I heard that you are in the Netherlands...")
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Lysenko, Daria
| I just sit and wait | |
| in the bus shelter, nowhere -- | |
| a home in the night. | |
| Zitten te wachten | In der Bushalte- |
| in het bushokje, nergens -- | stelle warten, nirgendwo -- |
| een thuis in de nacht. | gibts ein Zuhause. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-23
That afternoon (Nafiss Nia) - 2023
On the run from deportation after a rejected asylum application
Film "Die middag"
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Nia, Nafiss
| I grew up right here, | |
| but I was born far away -- | |
| Not home anywhere. | |
| Hier groeide ik op, | Hier aufgewachsen, |
| ver weg ben ik geboren -- | aber weit weg geboren -- |
| Nergens ben ik thuis. | Nirgends zu Hause. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-14
1944 (Susana Jamala[dinova]) - 2016
Song about the Crimean Tatars (the refrain is taken from the song "Ey, güzel Qirim"); "1944" won the Eurovision Song Contest
Collection: Inwardings
Tribute to: Jamaladinova, Susana
| Mourning for Tibet, | |
| gathered in the palace square -- | |
| somewhere far from home. | |
| Treurend om Tibet, | Trauer um Tibet, |
| op het plein voor het paleis -- | auf dem Platz vor dem Palast -- |
| ergens ver van huis. | weit von der Heimat. |
Amsterdam, 2021-09-25
Dam Square in Amsterdam (or elsewhere)
Collection: Greeting from before
| The fish requests for | |
| asylum, with a suitcase -- | |
| I open my mouth. | |
| De vis vraagt asiel, | Der Fisch fragt Asyl, |
| met een logeerkoffertje -- | mit einem Reisekoffer -- |
| Ik open mijn mond. | Ich öffn' meinen Mund. |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-24
Falling is like flying (Manon Uphoff) - 2019
Book "Vallen is als vliegen"
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon
| My tongue is here now, | |
| the ears remained in my land -- | |
| Who can hear my hymns? | |
| De oren bleven | Meine Zunge: hier, |
| in mijn land, mijn tong is hier -- | die Ohren: in meinem Land -- |
| Wie hoort mijn oden? | Wer hört mein Gedicht? |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-29
the tongue will yearn (Nasir Kazmi) - 1960
Ode (ghazal) "zab?ñ su?han ko"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Kazmi, Nasir
| You wanted to leave, | |
| and then the journey taught you -- | |
| what a homeland is. | |
| Je wilde er weg, | Du brachst auf, und die |
| en toen leerde de reis jou -- | Reise hat dir gelehrt, was -- |
| wat een thuisland is. | eine Heimat ist. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-01
Ithaca (Constantíne Cavafy) - 1911
Poem #31
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Kavafis, Konstantin
| Leaving a bit of | |
| yourself on every journey -- | |
| Becoming empty. | |
| Op elke reis iets | Auf jeder Reise |
| van jezelf achterlaten -- | ein Bisschen von sich hinter- |
| Een leeg mens worden. | lassen. Leer werden. |
Tilburg, 2018-01-16
The hounds no longer hunt (Albert Alberts) - 1979
Novel "De honden jagen niet meer"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Alberts, Albert
| My town, the canals, | |
| the river, my house and all -- | |
| isn't mine anymore. | |
| Mijn stad, de grachten, | Meine Stadt, der Fluss, |
| de rivier en mijn huis, ach -- | die Kanäle und mein Haus -- |
| het is mijn niet meer. | sie sind nicht mehr meins. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-17
Eve of departure (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Vooravond van vertrek", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - November 18th, 1958, Amsterdam
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Three months I've been back | |
| from my life in exile, this -- | |
| homeless home of mine. | |
| Drie maanden terug | Für drei Monate |
| geweest uit mijn ballingschap -- | zurück aus meinem Exil -- |
| mijn thuisloze thuis. | mein heimloses Heim. |
Ufhusen, 2017-08-25
Diaries 1954-1957 and 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Dagboek 1954-1957" (2005) - August 2nd, 1957, Rome, and August 17th, 1956, Cagliari; "Dagboek 1974-1976" (2013) - May 14th, 1975, Bologna
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| These strange colours and | |
| people: country of my love -- | |
| where I'm an exile. | |
| Vreemde kleuren en | Seltsame Farben |
| mensen: het land van mijn lief -- | und Menschen: das Land in dem -- |
| waar ik balling ben. | ich im Exil bin. |
Ufhusen, 2017-08-24
Diary 1954-1957 and Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Dagboek 1954-1957" (2005), August 17th, 1956, Cagliari, and August 2nd, 1957, Rome; "Dagboek 1974-1976" (2013) - May 14th, 1975, Bologna
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
