| Every day I look | |
| at the landscape, so unreal -- | |
| if one doesn't go there. | |
| Elke dag kijk ik | Die mir vertraute |
| naar het landschap, zo onecht -- | Aussicht ist sehr unwirklich -- |
| als je er nooit komt. | weil ich nie da bin. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-20
The Unicorn (Iris Murdoch) - 1963
Novel, part 5, chapter 27
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Men are after me. | |
| Are they enchanted, by me -- | |
| their sleeping beauty? | |
| Mannen willen mij. | Männer wollen mich. |
| Zijn ze betoverd, door mij -- | Sind sie verzaubert, von mir -- |
| hun schone slaapster? | ihre Dornröschen? |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-20
The Unicorn (Iris Murdoch) - 1963
Novel, part 5, chapter 27
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Have I been playing | |
| that I match you, did you play -- | |
| that you are my friends? | |
| Speel ik bij jullie | Habe ich gespielt, |
| te passen, spelen jullie -- | zu euch zu passen, spielt ihr -- |
| mijn vrienden te zijn? | dass wir Freunde sind? |
Amsterdam, 2021-07-22
Nuns and Soldiers (Iris Murdoch) - 1980
Novel
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| 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
