| The little songbird | |
| warms my heart and fills my soul -- | |
| with feathers of hope. | |
| Het zangvogeltje | Das Singvögelchen |
| verwarmt mijn hart, vult mijn ziel -- | wärmt mein Herz, erfüllt meine -- |
| met vleugels van hoop. | Seele mit Hoffnung. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-03
'Hope' is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson) - 1861
Poem (1861, first publication 1891, J254, F314)
Collection: Tightrope walk
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| Hoping: should you keep | |
| doing it, keep postponing -- | |
| your disappointment? | |
| Hopen: moet je het | Hoffen: sollte man |
| blijven doen, teleurstelling -- | die Enttäuschung weiterhin -- |
| blijven uitstellen? | prokrastinieren? |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-09
Collection: Changing Times
| There is always hope, | |
| in so many beautiful -- | |
| stories to be bought. | |
| Hoop is voorhanden, | Es gibt Hoffnung, in |
| in veel mooie verhalen -- | vielen schönen Geschichten -- |
| die je kunt kopen. | die man kaufen kann. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-22
Today for me (Renate Dorrestein) - 1993
Autobiographical book "Heden ik", about ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), chapter 'Fourth act'
Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today for me, tomorrow for thee)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Strangers ruled here, but | |
| there will be another day -- | |
| with a light of peace. | |
| Vreemden heersten hier, | Hier herrschten Fremde, |
| maar het zal weer dag worden: | aber der Tag wird kommen: |
| een licht van vrede. | ein Licht des Friedens. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-30
At the first (Anon. [Cesko]) - 1400
A cappella song "Primo tempore", performed in 1993 by the Hilliard Ensemble (vocals) and Jan Garbarek (saxophone)
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Anon. [Cesko]; Garbarek, Jan
| The light at the end | |
| of the tunnel is my hope: | |
| heaven anyway. | |
| Het licht aan het eind | Das Licht am Ende |
| van de tunnel is mijn hoop -- | des Tunnels, meine Hoffnung: |
| op toch een hemel. | der Himmel trotzdem. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-27
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
Novel, part 3, chapter 21
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| They torture us with.. | |
| hope, so that they will have some- | |
| thing to take from us. | |
| Ze martelen ons.. | Sie foltern uns mit.. |
| met hoop, dan kunnen ze iets -- | Hoffnung, dann können sie uns -- |
| van ons afpakken. | etwas wegnehmen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-29
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 3-6 "Midnight"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| It's better to dream | |
| of the future and not fall -- | |
| into its abyss. | |
| Laten we dromen | Lass uns doch träumen |
| van de toekomst, niet vallen -- | von der Zukunft, nicht fallen -- |
| in haar afgronden. | in ihren Abgrund. |
Amsterdam, 2021-08-21
Collection: On living on [1]
|
The old failure is dragged up |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-24
Samson (situated in 1100 BCE)
Maqabees 167-164 (Maqqaba = Hammer)
Collection: The King
| Lovely is your dream | |
| of good times to come, with you -- | |
| I'll dream till I die. | |
| Heerlijk is jouw droom | Bis zu meinem Tod |
| van goede tijden, met jou -- | träume ich mit dir den Traum -- |
| droom ik tot mijn dood. | von guten Zeiten. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-07
In evil hour (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1962
Novel "La mala hora"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
|
In sanding sand, we stare at the sea |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-05
Today is a killer (David Nelson / Nina Simone) - 1968
Rap-text/song, sung by Nina Simone on the album "Emergency Ward!" (1972)
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Simone, Nina; Nelson, David
| The wall without end, | |
| without gates and without hope -- | |
| bears my illusions. | |
| De muur zonder eind, | Die Mauer ohne |
| zonder poorten, zonder hoop -- | Ende, Tore, Hoffnung, trägt -- |
| draagt mijn illusies. | meine Illusion. |
Train Amsterdam-Nijmegen, 2013-08-16
Collection: On living on [1]
| No gold in my pan, | |
| only at night in my dreams, | |
| my private prison. | |
| Geen goud in mijn pan, | Keines Gold im Trog, |
| alleen 's nachts, in mijn dromen, | nur nachts in meinen Träumen, |
| mijn gevangenis. | meinem Gefängnis. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-30
The gold digger uses a pan to wash away sand and pebbles, hoping that some grains of gold will remain. This hope traps him. He can see no alternatives to the gold he desires.
Collection: Pending rain
