| No expensive gifts | |
| for sale with me, I only -- | |
| offer nice trinkets! | |
| Voor een duur cadeau | Kein teures Geschenk |
| moet je hier niet zijn, ik heb -- | im Angebot, nur nette -- |
| leuke attenties! | Aufmerksamkeiten! |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-09
Fine knacks for ladies (John Dowland) - 1600
Song for singer and lute
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Composer: Dowland, John
| When a man laughs, he | |
| threatens, when he seduces -- | |
| he's killing your love. | |
| Wanneer een man lacht | Wenn ein Mann lacht, droht |
| dreigt hij, wanneer hij verleidt -- | er, wenn er verführt, tötet -- |
| doodt hij jouw liefde. | er deine Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-28
With a flattering look (Antonio Salvi / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1723
Air "Con aspetto lusinghiero" from the opera "Ercole su'l Termodonte" ("Hercules on the [river] Thermodon", RV 710), 1st act, 2nd scene - Antiope (Queen of the Amazons): With a flattering look a man threatens when he laughs. When he jokes, he is even more proud. When he entices, he kills.
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Salvi, Antonio
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| A sun of golden | |
| locks distracts the boat-master -- | |
| a song allures him. | |
| Een zon van gouden | Eine Sonne aus |
| lokken leidt de schipper af -- | Locken lenkt den Bootsmann ab -- |
| een lied bekoort hem. | ein Lied betört ihn. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-30
Die Lore-Ley (Heinrich Heine) - 1824
Song poem "Die Lore-Ley", from the cyclus "Dreiunddreißig Gedichte", based on the ballad "Zu Bacharach am Rheine" / "Lore Lay" (1800) by Clemens Brentano
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Heine, Heinrich; Brentano, Clemens
| True love! After all, | |
| the love potion was a fraud -- | |
| but who believes that? | |
| Ware liefde! Want | Wahre Liebe! Denn |
| de liefdesdrank was bedrog -- | der Liebestrank war Betrug -- |
| maar wie gelooft dat? | aber wer glaubt das? |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-24
The Love Potion (Felice Romani /Eugène Scribe) - 1832
Opera "L'elisir d'amore" (libretto Felice Romani, based on Eugène Scribe's libretto of the opera "Le philtre" [The magic potion] from 1831), second act, final scene, Finale 2
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Romani, Felice; Scribe, Eugène
Composer: Donizetti, Gaetano
| Dating shows teach you | |
| that you have to audition -- | |
| your beloved one. | |
| Een datingshow leert, | Eine Dating-Show |
| dat je bij je geliefde -- | lehrt, dass eine Geliebte -- |
| auditie moet doen. | dich befragen wird. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-23
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
Novel, part 1, chapter 7
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| You are beautiful, | |
| taste it! It is on my tongue -- | |
| it's kissing your lips. | |
| Proef je nu hoe mooi | Schmeckst du? Du bist schön, |
| jij bent? Het ligt op mijn tong -- | es liegt auf meiner Zunge -- |
| die jouw lippen kust. | an deinen Lippen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-04
about you (Rozalie Hirs) - 2002
Poem "om jou" (collection "Logos")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Hirs, Rozalie
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Your cloths are already dry |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-13
Sea Watchers (Edward Hopper) - 1952
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward
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Terrace at the Fountain of love
Because you like to watch |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-10
[Beauty and justice are the two halves of happiness and peace]
Collection: Froend
| Your words are lovely! | |
| How much you love me! So what -- | |
| are you waiting for? | |
| Ja, je zegt het mooi! | Ja, das sagst du schön! |
| Wat houd jij toch veel van mij! | Wie sehr du mich liebst! Also -- |
| Nou, waar wacht je op? | worauf wartest du? |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-19
Show me (Alan Jay Lerner) - 1956
Song from the musical "My Fair lady", sung by Julie Andrews (lyrics Alan Jay Lerner)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Lerner, Alan Jay
| I am swirling in, | |
| I catch the eyes of the men -- | |
| and turn them crazy. | |
| Ik wervel binnen, | Ich wirble herein, |
| ik vang de mannenogen -- | fange die Männeraugen -- |
| en ik draai ze dol. | überdrehe sie. |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-28
Collection: Froend
| Eat the goldcherry, | |
| the gold will dissolve, you'll die -- | |
| from the stone-poison. | |
| Eet de gouden kers, | Iss die Goldkirsche, |
| dan lost het goud op, je sterft -- | dann löst das Gold auf, du stirbst -- |
| aan het pittengif. | an dem Kernengift. |
Amsterdam, 2020-08-20
A sweet death (Roos van Geffen) - 2020
Cherrystone-poison: amydaline
Collection: Froend
Tribute to: Van Geffen, Roos
| Chatting up someone | |
| is a hassle, luckily -- | |
| men love to do it. | |
| Iemand versieren | Fremden aufreißen |
| is een gedoe, gelukkig -- | ist mühsam, aber Männer -- |
| doen mannen het graag. | machen es gerne. |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-29
How to chat up a man? - 2019
Column "Hoe versier je een man?" (NRC, June 28th, 2019)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Doutzen Bouma, Japke
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Lost in the women's section |
Amsterdam, 2018-05-05
Collection: More
| She judges the men | |
| unbuttoning, buttoning -- | |
| and she keeps looking. | |
| Ze keurt de mannen, | Sie kört die Männer, |
| knoopt de knoopjes van haar jurk -- | macht die Knöpfe des Kleides -- |
| open en weer dicht. | auf und wieder zu. |
Amsterdam, 2013-07-17
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
