| After every step, | |
| I have to take another -- | |
| Yeah, with all my wits. | |
| Na elke stap moet | Nach jedem Schritt mach |
| ik een volgende nemen -- | ich einen weiteren Schritt -- |
| Bij volle verstand. | Bei klarem Verstand. |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-08
The sound of flowers (Marten Toonder) - 1993
Autobiography, part 2, 1939-1945 "Het geluid van bloemen", chapter XXIV - December 1942 (in the war)
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| Why any further? | |
| All the effort to get here -- | |
| where there is no view. | |
| Waarom nog verder | Warum noch weiter |
| gaan? Al die moeite tot hier -- | gehen? Hier gibt es nicht ein- |
| waar geen uitzicht is. | mal eine Aussicht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-26
Someone (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse, published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part XI, Deceased]), and in "Diary 1972-1973" (2012) - September 20th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I sit in the mist, | |
| resting on the narrow path -- | |
| Where should I go next? | |
| Ik zit in de mist | Im Nebel sitze |
| uit te rusten, op het pad -- | ich auf dem Weg, wohin soll -- |
| Waarheen verdergaan? | ich weitergehen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-26
Someone (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Iemand", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part XI [Deceased]), and in "Diary 1972-1973" (2012) - September 20th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Heaven is wrong when | |
| you are leaving too late for -- | |
| your destination. | |
| De hemel klopt niet | Der Himmel ist falsch, |
| als je te laat op weg gaat -- | wenn man zu spät auf dem Weg -- |
| naar je bestemming. | geht zu seinem Ziel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-10
Birds (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Vogels", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]), and in "Diary 1968-1969" (2010) - October 28th, 1968, Bologna - Bird migration
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The path I chose serves | |
| me no purpose. No problem -- | |
| there is no purpose. | |
| De weg die ik koos | Der gewählte Weg |
| dient me tot niets, dat geeft niet -- | dient mir keinem Zweck, schon gut -- |
| want er is geen doel. | es gibt keinen Zweck. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-28
Does it serve any purpose? Does it lead you to your goal (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Dialogue "Dient het tot iets? Brengt het je naar je doel", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - June 9th, 1964, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| You don't know how to | |
| do it differently, so you -- | |
| go on, stubbornly. | |
| Je wilt het anders, | Man weiß nicht, wie man |
| maar weet niet hoe, dus ga je -- | es anders tun soll und macht -- |
| maar verder, koppig. | einfach stur weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-28
You're living below your level (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Je leeft onder je maat", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - June 8th, 1964, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| There is only one | |
| person asking me questions -- | |
| So I'll go with him. | |
| Ik ken hier niemand, | Fremde hier, nur ein |
| maar: één man stelt mij vragen -- | Mann stellt mir Fragen, also -- |
| Met hem ga ik mee. | gehe ich mit ihm. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-16
Many strangers walked along the path (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Langs 't pad liepen veel vreemden", published in the collection "De harde kern" - 3 ("The hard core" - 3, part III [Ennio]) and in "Diary 1954-1957" (2005) - November 7th, 1955, Milan
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I'm not going to, | |
| not coming from anywhere -- | |
| I just follow you. | |
| Ik ga nergens heen, | Ich geh nirgendwo, |
| kom nergens vandaan en loop -- | ich komme von nirgendwo -- |
| maar met iemand mee. | ich folge einfach. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-16
Many strangers walked along the path (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Langs 't pad liepen veel vreemden", published in the collection "De harde kern" - 3 ("The hard core" - 3, part III [Ennio]) and in "Diary 1954-1957" (2005) - November 7th, 1955, Milan
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Outside I search for | |
| the way, hesitantly ad- | |
| just expectations. | |
| Buitenshuis zoek ik | Draußen suche ich |
| de weg, twijfelend stel ik -- | den Weg, zögernd passe ich -- |
| verwachtingen bij. | Erwartungen an. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-04
A gentle day (Eva Gouda) - 2022
Poem "Een zachte dag"
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Gouda, Eva
| People lose: their keys, | |
| their job, husband, house, cat, some- | |
| times their lust for life. | |
| Mensen raken kwijt: | Menschen verlieren: |
| hun sleutels, baan, man, huis, poes -- | Schlüssel, Job, Haus, Katze, manch- |
| soms hun levenslust. | mal die Lebenslust. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-09
Saint Anthony, dear friend (Renate Dorrestein) - 1997
Lecture "Heilige Antonius, beste vrind", in the Anthony of Padua church in Aerdenhout (1997, Renate Dorrestein), included in her collection "Dagelijks werk - Een schrijversleven" ("Daily work - A writer's life", 2018)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Now it is the best | |
| time of my life, people say -- | |
| but it's not that good. | |
| Nu: de leukste tijd | Jetzt: die beste Zeit |
| van mijn leven, zeggen ze -- | meines Lebens, sagen sie -- |
| maar dat valt tegen. | Wenn's nur wahr wäre! |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-09
Alone (Renate Dorrestein) - 2010
Blog #16 "Alleen", on the website of the VU (University in Amsterdam), November 22nd, 2010, Renate Dorrestein, included in her collection "Dagelijks werk - Een schrijversleven" ("Daily work - A writer's life", 2018)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Just live like a bus | |
| driver, all the diversions -- | |
| then become the route. | |
| Leef zoals een bus- | Lebe wie ein Bus- |
| chauffeur, de omleidingen -- | fahrer, die Umleitungen -- |
| worden de route. | werden zur Route. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-28
Column (An Olaerts) - 2025
Column in De Standaard
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Olaerts, An
| Buzzing and racing | |
| around the flame: which moth will -- | |
| be the first to burn? | |
| Twee motten zoemen | Zwei Motten schwirren |
| om het hardst om de vlam: wie -- | schnell um die Flamme: wer wird -- |
| verbrandt er het eerst? | zuerst verbrennen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-11
Two moths (Kaikai) - 1868
Haiku by Kaikai (1795-1868), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Futatsu kite / shi o arasou ya / hitorimushi" ("Round a flame / two tiger moths / race to die")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Kaikai
| Eternal question: | |
| considering the facts, is -- | |
| it a yes? A no? | |
| De eeuwige vraag: | Ewige Frage: |
| is het gezien de feiten -- | angesichts der Fakten, ist -- |
| een ja of een nee? | es ein Ja? Ein Nein? |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-09
Considering the facts (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2018
Novella "Gezien de feiten", chapter 23
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet
| Now, from here on, be | |
| your own guide, you know enough -- | |
| with your common sense! | |
| Wees nu, vanaf hier, | Führe jetzt, von hier, |
| zelf je gids, je weet genoeg -- | dich selbst, dein Menschenverstand -- |
| met gezond verstand! | ist gesund, er weiß! |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-10
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Green Knight (Iris Murdoch) - 1320
Epic "La Divina Commedia" (1320, Dante Alighieri) - Virgil takes leave of Dante
Novel "The Green Knight" (1993, Iris Murdoch), chapter 2 Justice
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris; Alighieri, Dante
| Take care when you dream, | |
| not to get lost in all your -- | |
| possibilities. | |
| Pas op met dromen, | Pass auf, wenn du träumst, |
| of je verdwaalt in al je -- | sonst verlierst du dich in all -- |
| mogelijkheden. | den Möglichkeiten. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-02
Tanglewreck (Jeanette Winterson) - 2006
Novel, (chapter 22 The Star Road, and) chapter 24 International Rescue
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Now it rains or snows, | |
| now I sing, so I walk on: | |
| a king of the day! | |
| Soms sneeuwt het, dan weer | Mal schneit es, und mal |
| zing ik, zo wandel ik voort: | singe ich, so gehe ich: |
| een koning te rijk! | König des Tages! |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-02
Courage! (Wilhelm Müller / Franz Schubert) - 1824
Song poem "Mut!", cyclus "Winterreise" - 22, set to music in 1827 by Franz Schubert
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Mueller, Wilhelm
Composer: Schubert, Franz
| I don't understand | |
| the language of trains, kaboom -- | |
| how is the journey? | |
| De taal van treinen | Die Zugsprache, die |
| versta ik niet, boem kaboem -- | verstehe ich nicht, kabumm -- |
| hoe verloopt de reis? | wie läuft die Reise? |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-22
Collection: BloodTrunk
| Without you I will | |
| buy all kinds of food and clothes -- | |
| you disapproved of. | |
| Zonder jou zal ik | Ohne dich werd ich |
| eten en kleren kopen -- | Essen und Kleidung kaufen -- |
| waar jij niet van hield. | die du nicht mochtest. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-06
Collection: Changing Times
| Death is put away, | |
| or it is lost, forgotten -- | |
| again and again. | |
| De dood legt men weg, | Man steckt den Tod weg, |
| of hij raakt zoek, steeds opnieuw -- | oder vergisst ihn, immer -- |
| vergeten we hem. | und immer wieder. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-15
That's what death does (Ronelda Kamfer) - 2016
Poem "Dis wat die dood doen" (collection "Hammie")
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda
| That's just how life is, | |
| you must take risks, you have to -- | |
| incur expenses. | |
| Zo is het leven, | So ist das Leben, |
| je moet risico's nemen -- | Risiken eingehen und -- |
| en kosten maken. | Auslagen machen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-28
Lighthousekeeping (Jeanette Winterson) - 2004
Novel, chapter A place before the Flood
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| We are on the way, | |
| and we know well: not one road -- | |
| leads to an end point. | |
| We zijn onderweg, | Wir sind unterwegs, |
| en we weten: niet één weg -- | und wir wissen: kein Weg führt -- |
| leidt naar een eindpunt. | zu einem Endpunkt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-27
On the Road (Jack Kerouac) - 1951
Book "On the Road" - "The Original Scroll", about his activities in 1947-1950, published in 1957/2007, chapter Book Four; Neal Cassidy
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
|
I want other thoughts |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-24
I Don't Like My Mind (Mitski) - 2023
Song (album "The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We")
Collection: Reaching out
Tribute to: Mitski (Miyawaki, Mitski)
|
From the river, forest everywhere |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-10
- White-bearded trees: beard lichen (usnea)
- Folding chair: [1] folding stool (2000 BC, Egypt), [2] Roman folding chair (sella curulis, curule seat) for dignitaries, [3] folding chair with armrests
- Tilting chair (reclining chair): 1900 BC in Egypt
- Swivel chair: AD 1505, Martin Löffelholz
- Wheelchair: for disabled persons (6th century BC, China and Greece), rolling office chair (AD 1840, Charles Darwin)
- Coach with suspension: reinvented in the Middle Ages
Collection: Migration
| You're getting older, | |
| tomorrow is not at all -- | |
| the day that would come. | |
| Zo word je ouder, | So wird man älter, |
| morgen komt niet de morgen -- | morgen kommt nicht das Morgen -- |
| die er zou komen. | das kommen würde. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-03
Farewell (Jens Christian Grøndahl) - 2020
Story "Farväl" (collection "Dage som græs"), § 1
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Grøndahl, Jens Christian
| People are longing | |
| for the past or for later -- | |
| It is their present. | |
| Mensen verlangen | Menschen sehnen sich |
| naar vroeger of naar later -- | nach früher oder später -- |
| Dat is hun heden. | Das heißt Gegenwart. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-13
Sir Bumble and The New Thinking (Marten Toonder) - 1966
Comic strip #114 - "Heer Bommel en Het Nieuwe Denken" (tiers 5689-5746), tier 5694
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
|
Adam mapped it out |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-13
Collection: A Home
| Life: you just begin, | |
| and you simply continue -- | |
| until it's over. | |
| Leven: je begint | Das Leben: beginn |
| bij het begin en gaat door -- | am Anfang und geh weiter -- |
| tot het voorbij is. | bis es vorbei ist. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-24
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carrol) - 1865
After the children's book
Collection: Summer birds
| The monk goes about, | |
| hard up, only the kit bag -- | |
| and a little hope. | |
| De monnik trekt rond, | Der Mönch zieht herum, |
| blut, enkel de plunjezak -- | abgebrannt, nur der Seesack -- |
| en een beetje hoop. | und wenig Hoffnung. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-23
There are no distant places (Franco Faggiani) - 2020
Novel "Non esistono posti lontani"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco
| They roamed the mountains | |
| with a rifle on their backs -- | |
| Now they are drivers. | |
| Ooit zwierven ze | Früher streunten sie |
| gewapend door de bergen -- | bewaffnet durch die Berge -- |
| nu zijn ze chauffeur. | Jetzt sind sie Fahrer. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-09
The Crow (Kader Abdolah) - 2011
Novella "De kraai"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Abdolah, Kader
| Our lives go on foot: | |
| contest, parade and waltz -- | |
| march or shuffle dance? | |
| Leven gaat te voet: | Leben geht zu Fuß: |
| wedstrijd, parade en wals -- | Wettlauf, Auftritt und Walzer -- |
| mars of schuifeldans? | Marsch oder Stehtanz? |
Amsterdam, 2021-04-13
Last Friends (Jane Gardam) - 2013
Novel
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane
| From the cold I lose | |
| my cold sores, out of white land -- | |
| a bird is blown up. | |
| Van de kou verlies | Vor Kälte keine |
| ik mijn koupijn, uit wit land -- | Kälte fühlen, aus Schneeland -- |
| waait een vogel op. | weht ein Vogel auf. |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-21
Mountain trip (Maria van Daalen) - 1989
Poem "Bergtocht" (collection "Raveslag")
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: Van Daalen, Maria
| Relax, it's no use | |
| to give way to obstacles -- | |
| since they are the way. | |
| Ontspan, obstakels | Suche keinen Weg |
| kun je niet uit de weg gaan -- | um Hindernisse herum -- |
| want ze zijn de weg. | denn sie sind der Weg. |
Amsterdam, 2020-01-17
Meditations 5:20 (Marcus Aurelius) - 180
Collection "Ta eis heauton" - 5:20 ("Things to one's self" / "Meditations")
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Aurelius, Marcus
| Well, there is no road, | |
| walker, only by walking -- | |
| roads are being formed. | |
| Er zijn geen wegen, | Es gibt keinen Weg, |
| wandelaar, al wandelend -- | Wanderer, beim Wanderen -- |
| ontstaan de wegen. | entstehen Wege. |
Amsterdam, 2020-01-08
Walker without road (Antonio Machado) - 1912
Poem "Caminante no hay camino" (collection "Campos de Castilla"), sung in 1969 by Joan Manuel Serrat ("Cantares", album "Dedicado a Antonio Machado, poeta")
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio; Serrat, Joan Manuel
|
To graze the livestock I move |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-03
Exodus (40 years in the desert)
Collection: The King
| Life is a journey, | |
| you get to know a few roads -- | |
| and a few habits. | |
| Het leven: een reis. | Die Lebensreise: |
| Je leert wat wegen kennen -- | man lernt einige Wege -- |
| en wat gewoonten. | und Gewohnheiten. |
Amsterdam, 2018-09-12
Pass around the wine, offer the jug (Hafez) - 1350
Ghazal (Ode) 1
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Hafez
| I too must move on | |
| and follow someone, or else -- | |
| set out on my own. | |
| Ook ik moet verder, | Auch ich muss weiter, |
| iemand volgen, of anders -- | jemandem folgen, oder -- |
| mijn eigen weg gaan. | meinen Weg gehen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-12
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - April 23rd, 1970, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
|
Alone, in the empty movie theatre |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-08
Collection: web tissue
| Just one road, nameless | |
| on the map, that one of course -- | |
| am I following! | |
| Eén weg zonder naam | Die Straße ohne |
| op de landkaart, natuurlijk! | Namen auf der Karte, ja! |
| De weg die ik volg! | Der Weg, dem man folgt! |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-21
Tom Puss and The Gigglecackler (Marten Toonder) - 1956
Comic strip #70 - "Tom Poes en De Giegelgak", tier 2828
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
|
Dressed in mama's nightgown |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-18
Collection: The drama
Dedicated to: Frank W
|
Do you know where you are going to? |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-01
The Woluwe flows through municipalities of the Brussels region
"Do you know where you're going to?" (1973, lyrics Michael Masser)
Collection: On living on [1]
Tribute to: Masser, Michael
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
|
The canal is green today |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-28
Collection: Summer birds
| This is what life is: | |
| getting lost in labyrinths -- | |
| of your fantasy. | |
| Wat het leven is: | Was das Leben ist: |
| verdwalen in de doolhof -- | verirrt sein im Labyrinth -- |
| van je fantasie. | deiner Fantasie. |
Konstanz, 2015-06-20
La Superba (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2013
Novel
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard
| The road has lost us, | |
| we have left it, over there -- | |
| it's looking for us. | |
| De weg is ons kwijt, | Die Straße hat sich |
| we hebben hem verlaten -- | verirrt, wir verließen sie -- |
| Daarginds zoekt hij ons. | Drüben sucht sie uns. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-10
The road (Eva Gerlach) - 1998
Poem "Over de weg" (collection "Niets bestendiger")
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Gerlach, Eva
| The old man points to | |
| the other side: that is where -- | |
| he must go, or I? | |
| De oude man wijst | Der Mann deutet auf |
| naar de overkant: daarheen -- | das Ufer: dorthin muss er -- |
| moet hij gaan, of ik? | gehen, oder ich? |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-27
Collection: Pending rain
| There is a boulder | |
| in the middle of the road -- | |
| there is a boulder. | |
| Midden op de weg | Mitten auf dem Weg |
| ligt een steen, er ligt een steen -- | ist ein Stein, da ist ein Stein -- |
| midden op de weg. | mitten auf dem Weg. |
Amsterdam, 2013-07-29
In the middle of the road (Carlos Drummond de Andrade) - 1928
"No meio do caminho" (collection "Alguma poesia")
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Drummond dA, Carlos
| Rooms and corridors, | |
| stairs, streets, bridges, lanes, and paths: | |
| all the time en route. | |
| Kamers en gangen, | Zimmer und Flure, |
| trappen, straten en paden: | Treppen, Straßen und Wege: |
| aldoor onderweg. | immer unterwegs. |
Julianadorp, 2011-12-30
Collection: The climbing house
| Always keep skating, | |
| over thick ice and thin ice -- | |
| And avoid the holes. | |
| Over dik en dun | Über dickes Eis |
| ijs alle dagen schaatsen -- | und dünnes Eis eislaufen -- |
| Wakken vermijden. | Waken vermeiden. |
Amsterdam, 2011-12-11
Collection: I am
