| Dad and Mum, walking | |
| here back then, young and in love -- | |
| licking an ice cream. | |
| Papa en mama | Papa en Mama |
| liepen hier, jong en verliefd -- | waren hier, jung und verliebt -- |
| en met een ijsje. | schleckten sie ein Eis. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-23
Out of the world (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 1998
Novel "Ute av verden" (translated in 2023), part 3, chapter 6 - June 1988, Kristiansand (about 1963)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
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I was supposed to leave |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-28
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (Bob Dylan) - 1969
Song, album "Nashville Skyline"
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| I was floating in | |
| the sea of your eyes, they led -- | |
| me into your port. | |
| Ik dreef in de zee | Ich schwamm in der See |
| van jouw ogen, ze loodsten -- | deiner Augen, sie lotsten -- |
| mij jouw haven in. | mich in den Hafen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-21
Solely through you, my sweet love (Grazio Braccioli / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1727
Air "Sol da te, mio dolce amore" from the opera "Orlando furioso" (1727, RV 728, Antonio Vivaldi), libretto Grazio Braccioli, based on the epic "Orlando furioso" (1516, Ludovico Ariosto)
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Braccioli, Grazio
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| The train uphill runs | |
| in the dark for a short time: | |
| the One Kiss Tunnel. | |
| De trein op de berg | Der Zug den Hügel |
| rijdt even in het donker: | hinauf fährt kurz im Dunkeln: |
| de Eén-Kus-Tunnel. | der Ein-Kuss-Tunnel. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-01
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapter "Spices from Malabar", (2-) 9
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I was well prepared, | |
| but when you came, it melted -- | |
| in my happiness. | |
| Ik was voorbereid, | Gut vorbereitet, |
| maar toen jij eindelijk kwam -- | aber als du endlich kamst -- |
| smolt dat in geluk. | verschmolz es im Glück. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-04
I thought the Train would never come (Emily Dickinson) - 1878
Poem (Franklin #1473, Johnson #1449)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| Like a dancer she | |
| floated into the applause -- | |
| and she looked at me. | |
| Als een danseres | Tanzend schwebte sie |
| zweefde ze het applaus in -- | in den Kreis des Applauses -- |
| en ze keek naar mij. | und sie sah mich an. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-25
[That's how] She came to me (Ali Al Gaeth) - 2023
Song "Attat ilaya", sung by Ali Al Gaeth in the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam on November 25th, 2023, accompanied by Orchestre Partout and the Cello Octet in an arrangement by Oene van Geel
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: Al Gaeth, Ali
| So you do love him, | |
| you really love him, so much -- | |
| that you admit it? | |
| Je houdt dus van hem, | Du liebst ihn also, |
| je houdt echt van hem, zoveel -- | du liebst ihn wirklich, so sehr -- |
| dat je het toegeeft? | dass du es zugibst? |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-21
Far away (Luigi Pirandello) - 1902
Story "Lontano", §4
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
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Here I lie, no respiratory mask |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-29
Social distancing to prevent infection
"Il Decameron" (Boccaccio, Anno 1353), 5th day, 4th story: because of the heat, Caterina is allowed to sleep on the balcony, where she listens to the nightingale; in the morning her father Lizio sees her naked with her friend Ricciardo, holding his nightingale in her hand; Lizio calls his wife to show her what kind of bird Caterina has caught
uccello = bird, usignolo = nightingale
Pier Paolo Pasolini filmed this story in 1971
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| He comes to bathe me | |
| in his yellow butterflies -- | |
| of amourousness. | |
| Hij komt mij baden | Er kommt mich baden |
| in wolken gele vlinders -- | in gelben Schmetterlingen -- |
| van zijn verliefdheid. | seiner Verliebtheit. |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-07
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
Novel "Cien años de soledad"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| Among the bright stars | |
| our happiness shines for life: | |
| a future of love. | |
| Tussen de sterren | Zwischen den Sternen |
| straalt levenslang ons geluk: | scheint unser Glück fürs Leben: |
| toekomst vol liefde. | Zukunft voller Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2019-05-20
Marriage announcement of Koen K and Zusanne
Collection: The Big Secret
Dedicated to: Koen K, Zusanne
| I just chained my bike | |
| to his, yes, so intimate -- | |
| was our beginning. | |
| Ik bond mijn fiets vast | Ich band mein Fahrrad |
| aan de zijne, zo intiem -- | fest an seinen, so intim -- |
| zijn wij begonnen. | war unser Anfang. |
Amsterdam, 2019-05-11
The china shop - Faxing to Ger #2 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2018
Diary-novel "De porseleinkast - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
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In love, every time |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-30
Collection: Without reserve
| They kiss each other | |
| under little suns of dew -- | |
| in the hazel tree. | |
| Ze kussen elkaar | Verliebt küssen sie |
| onder zonnetjes van dauw -- | sich unter Sonnen aus Tau -- |
| in de hazelaar. | im Haselnussbaum. |
Amsterdam, 2018-07-01
Commemoration (Wislawa Szymborska) - 1957
Poem "Upamietnienie" (collection "Wolanie do Yeti")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Szymborska, Wislawa
| My heart skips a beat, | |
| once a flash and forever -- | |
| we kiss each other. | |
| Mijn hart slaat over. | Mein Herz überspringt, |
| één keer een flits en eeuwig -- | nur éin Blitz und für immer -- |
| kussen we elkaar. | werden wir küssen. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-13
Collection: Without reserve
|
The wash turns and hums |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-29
Collection: More
| You are poetry, | |
| sleeping in a guest-room bed -- | |
| and I keep watching. | |
| Jij bent poëzie, | Du bist Poesie, |
| slapend in een logeerbed -- | schlafend im Gästezimmer -- |
| en ik blijf kijken. | und ich schaue zu. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-02
Chaos (Erik Jan Harmens) - 1998
Poem (collection "Ik noem dit poëzie [verzamelde gedichten]")
Collection: More
Tribute to: Harmens, Erik Jan
| I whisper your name, | |
| yes, you're coming! I'm not me -- | |
| I am Happiness. | |
| Ik fluister jouw naam, | Ich flüstere: du, |
| ja, je komt! Ik ben niet ik -- | ja, du kommst! Ich bin nicht ich -- |
| maar ik ben Geluk. | ich bin völlig Glück. |
Amsterdam, 2015-05-04
The moon is high in the sky and it's spring (Alberto Caeiro) - 1914
Poem "Está alta no céu a lua e é primavera" (Fernando Pessoa)
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Caeiro, Alberto; Pessoa, Fernando
| Honeysuckle smell, | |
| in the evening, that is all -- | |
| when we are kissing. | |
| Kamperfoeliegeur, | Der Geissblattgeruch, |
| verder is er 's avonds niets -- | am Abend ist das alles -- |
| terwijl we kussen. | wenn wir uns küssen. |
Amsterdam, 2013-01-25
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
