You don't want to hear

what I say, you don't want to --


know too much of me.


Wat ik zeg wil jijDu willst nicht hören,
niet horen, te veel van mij --was ich sage, nicht wissen --

wil jij niet kennen.wer ich wirklich bin.

Poem S2778
Amsterdam, 2025-07-17
Now (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Nu", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]) - September 27th, 1956, Rome
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

All-encompassing

love is made our example --


by theologians.


Totale liefdeTotale Liebe
is ons tot voorbeeld gemaakt --wurde als Vorbild gemacht --

door theologen.von Theologen.

Poem H5272
Amsterdam, 2025-02-25
Look, look what love does (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 1725
Air "Seht, seht, was die Liebe tut" from the cantata "Ich bin ein guter Hirt" (BWV 85)
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian 
 

Heavenly happy

were we in my dream last night --


Let us live like this!


Hemels gelukkigWir waren himmlisch
waren we in deze droom --glücklich in diesem Traum, so --

Zo wil ik leven!möchte ich leben!

Poem H5273
Amsterdam, 2025-02-25
After a dream (Romain Bussine / Gabriel Fauré) - 1878
Song "Après un rêve", translation from Italian by Romain Bussine (Gabriel Fauré, opus 7), for voice and piano; the first song of "Trois mélodies"
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Bussine, Romain 
Composer: Fauré, Gabriel 
 

As a convert, he

follows Jesus' example --


of self-sacrifice.


Als bekeerling wilAls Bekehrter folgt
hij Jezus' voorbeeld volgen --er dem Vorbild Jesu, dem --

zijn opoffering.der Aufopferung.

Poem S2574
Amsterdam, 2025-02-24
Really sexy (Renate Dorrestein) - 2007
Novel "Echt sexy", chapter Together swan-hold-fast
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

She admires him, proud

and happy she imagines --


that she has changed him.


Zij bewondert hem,Sie bewundert ihn,
trots beeldt ze zich in dat zij --stolz bildet sie sich ein, sie --

hem veranderd heeft.hat ihn verändert.

Poem S2545
Amsterdam, 2025-02-03
She came to stay (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1943
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949), part 2, chapter 4
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone 
 

You keep our love safe

in a deposit, apart --


from reality.


Jij bewaart onzeUnsere Liebe
liefde veilig in jouw kluis --ist in deinem Safe, außer-

Buiten ons leven.halb der Wirklichkeit.

Poem S2541
Amsterdam, 2025-01-30
She came to stay (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1943
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949), part 1, chapter 7
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone 
 

True love is known as

an ideal, it doesn't show how --


to realise it.


Echte liefde isWahre Liebe ist
een ideaal, het laat je --ein Ideal, es zeigt uns --

niet zien hoe het werkt.nicht, wie man es macht.

Poem H4912
Amsterdam, 2024-09-13
Collection: Secrets & Believers
 

Lying at her feet

we look up to her beauty --


the dachshund and I.


Gelegen aan haarVon ihren Füßen
voeten zien we naar haar op --schauen wir zu ihr hinauf --

de teckel en ik.der Teckel und ich.

Poem H4106
Amsterdam, 2023-09-04
Ideas. The Book of Le Grand (Heinrich Heine) - 1827
Travelogue "Ideen. Das Buch Le Grand" (collection "Reisebilder", 2. Teil), set to music in 1840 by Robert Schumann
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Heine, Heinrich 
Composer: Schumann, Robert 
 

What I didn't want to

know, I do now know for sure --


simply by guessing.


Wat ik niet wildeWas ich nicht wissen
weten, weet ik nu zeker --wollte, weiß ich jetzt genau --

door het te raden.einfach durch Raten.

Poem S0620
Amsterdam, 2017-12-28
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - August 13th and 15th, 1977, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

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