| Did I then promise | |
| fidelity to yóu? No -- | |
| He was different. | |
| Heb ik trouw beloofd | Hab ich dir Treue |
| aan jou? Nee, dat was jij niet -- | versprochen? Nein, dir doch nicht -- |
| Die man was anders. | Er war ganz anders. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-17
Night is the mother of day (Lars Norén) - 1982
Theatre play "Natten är dagens mor", 3rd act, 4.45-9.30 pm
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Norén, Lars
| I cannot marry | |
| you, but forever I will -- | |
| love you and be yours. | |
| Ik kan niet trouwen | Heiraten kann ich |
| met jou, maar voor altijd zal -- | dich nicht, aber für immer -- |
| ik de jouwe zijn. | werde ich dein sein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-28
I shall soon leave you now (Matteo Noris / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1719
Air "Ti lascerei, gl'affretti miei" ("I shall soon leave you now" [as one condemned to death by my father, marry him now instead of me], 1719, Matteo Noris, music Antonio Vivaldi, RV 738/778), from the opera "Tito Manlio" ("Titus Manlius"), 3rd act, scene 9 - Tito's son Manlio (soprano in travesti)
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Noris, Matteo
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| No, I won't borrow | |
| your love from anyone else -- | |
| Give all or nothing! | |
| Ik wil jouw liefde | Ich möchte deine |
| niet van een ander lenen -- | Liebe nicht leihen, gib mir -- |
| Geef alles of niets! | alles oder nichts! |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-28
Love me or leave me (Gus Kahn / Nina Simone) - 1928
Song (lyrics Gus Kahn, music Walter Donaldson, for the musical "Whoopee!"), sung in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Kahn, Gus; Simone, Nina
| Darling, where are you? | |
| Let me know, don't be ashamed -- | |
| because I'm coming! | |
| Liefste, waar ben je? | Liebling, wo bist du? |
| Laat het weten, schaam je niet -- | Sag es mir, schäme dich nicht -- |
| Ik ben al op weg! | denn ich komme schon! |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-19
Porgy's lament: "Bess, o where's my Bess?" and "O Lawd, I'm on my way" (Edwin DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin) - 1935
Double song (Porgy, lyrics Edwin DuBose Heyward) from the opera "Porgy and Bess" (libretto [1935] and novel [1925] and play "Porgy" [1927] by Edwin DuBose Heyward)
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Gershwin, Ira; DuBose Heyward, Edwin
Composer: Gershwin, George
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We went wild, so happy |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-28
Star (Mitski) - 2023
Song (album "The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We")
Collection: Reaching out
Tribute to: Mitski (Miyawaki, Mitski)
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My tent has a hole |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-26
My Love Mine All Mine (Mitski) - 2023
Song (album "The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We")
Collection: Reaching out
Tribute to: Mitski (Miyawaki, Mitski)
| Can love heal my heart, | |
| wanting to be here with you -- | |
| and longing for her? | |
| Kan liefde mijn hart | Kann Liebe mein Herz |
| helen, dat bij jou wil zijn -- | heilen, das bei dir und auch -- |
| en toch ook bij haar? | bei ihr sein möchte? |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-31
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "HELP"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| I'm very faithful | |
| to her, heaven is surprised: | |
| so soporific! | |
| Ik ben haar heel trouw, | Ich bin ihr sehr treu, |
| de hemel kijkt ervan op: | der Himmel macht Augen: so -- |
| zo slaapverwekkend! | maßlos langweilig! |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-22
The cup of love - The history of a first year (Simon Vestdijk) - 1956
Roman "De beker van de min - De geschiedenis van een eerste jaar", chapter 3-1 [1918]
Collection: Inmost
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| It's best to marry | |
| someone who will not hurt you -- | |
| when you get divorced. | |
| Het beste trouw je | Heirate möglichst |
| met wie jou geen pijn zal doen -- | den, der dich nicht weh tun wird -- |
| als jullie scheiden. | mit ihrer Scheidung. |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-04
Beside Myself (Marianna Salzmann) - 2017
Novel "Außer sich", chapter 'Danja and Emma'
Collection: Tightrope walk
Tribute to: Salzmann, Marianna
| Might fidelity | |
| be: pretending love, hoping -- | |
| it will get better? | |
| Is trouw doen alsof | Gibt die Treue vor |
| je van elkaar houdt, hopend -- | zu lieben, in der Hoffnung -- |
| dat het beter wordt? | dass es besser wird? |
Amsterdam, 2019-12-29
Love is a duty of formality (Henk Bressers) - 2019
Submitted letter "Liefde is vormenplicht", included in the article "Hoe voorkomt u dat uw huwelijk in de scheidingsstatistieken belandt?" ("How do you prevent your marriage from ending up in the divorce statistics?"), published in the NRC of December 24th, 2019
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Bressers, Henk
| Being together | |
| for a lifetime: call it love -- | |
| if it has been love. | |
| Een heel leven lang | Das ganze Leben |
| samen zijn: noem het liefde -- | zusammen sein: nenn's Liebe -- |
| als het liefde was. | wenn es Liebe war. |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-28
Love, if it is so (Marijke Schermer) - 2019
After the book title "Liefde, als dat het is" (novel)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Schermer, Marijke
| His eyes are shining | |
| with love, I can see the tears -- | |
| that he does not show. | |
| Zijn ogen blinken | Liebe: glänzende |
| van liefde, ik zie tranen -- | Augen, ich sehe Tränen -- |
| die hij niet laat zien. | die er noch nicht zeigt. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-19
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 2 'Either - Or', chapter 9 'The face without pain or fear or guilt'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn
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I just let the pointless anger |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-25
iugum = yoke
coniunx = spouse, "joined together"
Collection: Without reserve
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With flushes of a springtime burn we sat |
Amsterdam, 2008-05-04
Love is just a four-letter word (Bob Dylan / Joan Baez) - 1967
Song, not recorded by Bob Dylan; sung by Joan Baez on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan
