She has fun with hím,

so I want to die and, as --


a ghost, punish her.


Nu zij met hém stoeit,Jetzt, wo sie mit íhm
wil ik sterven, en als geest --balgt, will ich sterben, und als --

haar komen straffen.Geist sie bestrafen.

Poem S3188
Amsterdam, 2026-06-21
She makes fun, the unfaithful (Antonio Salvi) - 1735
Air "Scherza, infida", from the opera "Ariodante" (1735, HWV 33, libretto after Antonio Salvi (1708) and Ludovico Ariosto (1516)) - Ariodante
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Salvi, Antonio; Ariosto, Ludovico 
Composer: Haendel, Georg Friedrich 
 

We get together,

here, under the street lamp we --


become one shadow.


Wij versmelten er,Verschmelzung unter
onder de lantarenpaal --der Laterne, zu einem --

samen één schaduw.einzigen Schatten.

Poem H5656
Amsterdam, 2025-07-04
Song of a young sentry / Lili Marleen (Hans Leip / Norbert Schultze) - 1915
Song "Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens" (1915, Hans Leip; music 1939, Norbert Schultze), sung by Lale Andersen
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Leip, Hans; Schultze, Norbert 
 

I love to dance and

fall in love, even if you'll --


fly away from me.


Dansen is alles,Tanzen ist alles,
dan word ik verliefd, ook al --ich verliebe mich, auch wenn --

vlieg jij van mij weg.du von mir weg fliegst.

Poem S2586
Amsterdam, 2025-03-01
Fly too high (Janis Ian) - 1979
Song (album "Night Rains"), for the film "Foxes"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: Ian, Janis 
 

Zywa Your eyes

Your eyes look, look
at me, they count
my freckles, gauge
my mood and drown
drown in me, in me

Your eyes cuddle, crumple
my hair, they kiss my lips
nestle against me and
long, long for me
you long for me

I'm only here a while
but I did see you
I didn't scorn your love
even though I have to go
and the world keeps turning

It will pick you up again
with this song, that I give you
my song about your eyes
I've seen them
don't wait for me

Poem 5604
Amsterdam, 2025-02-05
Torch Song (Jeroen Houben) - 2024
Film (sentimental song about an unexpressed or unrequited love for some-one); the film contains the songs "You", "If the world doesn't wait", and "Strangers" (all by Jeroen Houben, sung by Carla Juri), and "Sposa son disprezzata" ("I am a scorned wife", 1734, Geminiano Giacomelli, sung by Charlotte Houberg)
Collection: More
Tribute to: Houben, Jeroen 
 

Amorousness runs

dry and all your happiness --


slips through your fingers.


Verliefdheid droogt opVerliebtheit trocknet
en al je geluk glipt weg --ein und dein ganzes Glück geht --

tussen je vingers.dir durch die Lappen.

Poem H4865
Amsterdam, 2024-08-21
The Sandcastle (Iris Murdoch) - 1957
Novel, chapter Nineteen
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

The flower necklace,

she throws it away, doesn't want --


to be manacled.


Ach, het bloemensnoer,Ach, die Blumenschnur,
ze gooit het weg, ze wil niet --sie wirft sie weg, sie will nicht --

geketend worden.gekettet werden.

Poem H4390
Amsterdam, 2023-12-22
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 2-5 "Love in Bombay"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Your ships burnt behind,

looking for a new sweetheart --


Will you come to me?


Jouw schepen verbrand,Allein, die Brücken
op zoek naar een nieuw liefje --hinter dich abgerissen --

Kom je nu bij mij?Kommst du jetzt zu mir?

Poem S1951
Amsterdam, 2023-10-11
Monroe (Dayna Kurtz) - 2002
Song (album "Postcards from downtown")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Kurtz, Dayna 
 

I'm awake all night,

unable to forget that --


I can't forget her.


Ik kan niet slapen,Ich kann nicht schlafen,
niet vergeten dat ik haar --nicht vergessen, dass ich sie --

niet vergeten kan.nicht vergessen kann.

Poem H3918
Amsterdam, 2023-07-02
The wrinkles of Esther Ornstein - The history of a neglect (Simon Vestdijk) - 1959
Novel "De rimpels van Esther Ornstein - De geschiedenis van een verzuim", chapter 3-3 (AD 1922)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

She is reticent

and difficult to conquer --


Every day again.


Ze is gesloten,Sie ist verschlossen,
moeilijk te veroveren --und sehr schwer zu erobern --

Elke dag opnieuw.Jeden Tag wieder.

Poem S1779
Amsterdam, 2023-05-24
Child between four women (Simon Vestdijk) - 1972
Novel "Kind tussen vier vrouwen", § 11; novel "Terug tot Ina Damman - De geschiedenis van een jeugdliefde" (1934), chapter 2-3 (AD 1914)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

I'm afraid of her

dislike. Rightly! Wonderful --


this togetherness!


Ik was bang voor haarMeine Angst vor ihr-
afkeer. Terecht! Geweldig --er Abneigung war zu Recht!

zo'n verbondenheid!Tolle Verbindung!

Poem S1780
Amsterdam, 2023-05-24
Child between four women (Simon Vestdijk) - 1972
Novel "Kind tussen vier vrouwen", § 11; novel "Terug tot Ina Damman - De geschiedenis van een jeugdliefde" (1934), chapter 2-5 (AD 1914)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

You're in love with me,

but I gave no reason, oh --


you should be ashamed!


Tot jouw verliefdheidDeine Verliebtheit,
gaf ik geen aanleiding, oh --ich gab keinen Grund dazu --

je moet je schamen!Oh du, schäme dich!

Poem H3406
Amsterdam, 2022-08-08
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann) - 1924
Novel "Der Zauberberg", $ 7 Mynheer Peeperkorn (continuation)
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Mann, Thomas 
 

I am crying out

of the depth, deeply wishing --


you love me, do you?


Vanuit de diepteAus meiner Tiefe
roep ik om te geloven --rufe ich, um zu glauben --

dat jij van me houdt.an deine Liebe.

Poem H3023
Amsterdam, 2021-08-21
Song "De profundis clamavi" ("Out of the depths have I cried")
Collection: On living on [1]
 

He is leaving me,

though I tried my best so much --


It was not enough.


Hij gaat bij mij weg,Er geht von mir weg,
ik heb zo mijn best gedaan --ich versuchte mein Bestes --

Het was niet genoeg.Es war nicht genug.

Poem S1183
Amsterdam, 2021-06-06
All-crushing - Faxing to Ger #3 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2019
Diary-novel "Allesverpletterende - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Zywa In the afternoon hammock

It doesn't matter
to the people in the street
that I look at them
if I exist

there is no need
to help me out
through the window

waiting, tired of waiting
back in the chair
back in time

lost in possibilities
of old summery desires
to be touched by you
while the horse is snorting

your innocence
unconscious and untouched
by my fantasy

your boredom
that seduces women
and keeps me awake

as I rewrite notebooks full
of poems, to have them tasted
by your blushing lips
in the afternoon hammock

But I don't want that anymore

Poem 2975
Amsterdam, 2020-05-21
Collection: Greeting from before
 

My friend goes, gives me

a rose from the bush, alas --


still in the bud, picked.


Mijn vriend gaat, geeft meMein Freund geht, er gibt
een roos van de struik, helaas --mir eine Rose, leider --

in de knop geplukt.noch im Keim, gepflückt.

Poem H1786
Amsterdam, 2017-08-31
By the edge of a fountain (Anon. [Canada] / Mozart) - 1500
Ballad "Au bord d'une fontaine", set to music by Mozart in 1781 (K360, "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant")
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Anon. [Canada] 
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 
 

Zywa Two trees in the woods

The four of us cycle
to the woods, not that far
We split at the junction

Arne knows the path, he points:
further on there is an open space
let's go, there are two trees

with a kink in the trunk
The last piece we walk
and wheel the bikes

We could have sat down
at the path, but he wanted
to go here, for no reason

You see? That's all he says
He falls over backwards
and looks up all the time

Nothing will come of this - two trees
in the woods – so I just tell him
that I have to go home

Poem 1510
Amsterdam, 2017-08-09
The trees (Albert Alberts) - 1953
Novella "De bomen"
Collection: The Big Secret
Tribute to: Alberts, Albert 
 

Zywa I want you

To visit him again
even against better judgment
and to think beyond my freedom
that he knows who I am and does not
have to guess at I want you

To see him gaze and look away
from the body under my clothes
incapable to sit still
clueless how to behave
just sighing: I want you

That he will press celestial words
upon my lips, in the saliva of my
I want you, and we, passionately
will fight each other's words again
in our code language for I want you

Poem 1253
Amsterdam, 2017-04-06
I want you (Elvis Costello) - 1986
Song
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
Tribute to: Costello, Elvis 
 

I recognized you,

cheered up I quickened my step --


but it was not you.


Ik herkende jou,Ich erkannte dich,
en versnelde blij mijn pas --beschleunigte meinen Gang --

maar je was het niet.aber du warst's nicht.

Poem H0020
Amsterdam, 2011-11-25
Collection: Webgarden
 

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