| The one-off nature | |
| of experiences feels -- | |
| like a loss to me. | |
| Het eenmalige | Das Einmalige |
| van ervaringen voelt voor -- | von Erlebnissen fühlt sich -- |
| mij als een gemis. | wie ein Verlust an. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-31
Limits (Jorge Luis Borges) - 1960
Poem "Límites", collection "El hacedor" ("The writer")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Borges, Jorge Luis
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Somewhere there, beneath the mists |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-02
Collection: Heart's Delight
| In the big city, | |
| man is confined to work, lust, | |
| and melancholy. | |
| In de grote stad | In der Großstadt ist |
| wordt de mens beperkt tot werk, | der Mensch beschränkt, auf Arbeit, |
| wellust en weemoed. | Wollust und Wehmut. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-30
In Félicien Rops's lust laboratory: the male gaze is everywhere (Arnon Grunberg) - 2026
Article "In het lustlaboratorium van Félicien Rops: de mannelijke blik is overal", in the NRC of April 30th, 2026
Félicien Rops (Namur 1833-1898)
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon
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I'm standing in the circus |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-07
Petrichor (David Orlowsky) - 2024
Music album
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Orlowsky, David
| Gloomily, I sit | |
| by the scorched lanterns after -- | |
| my farewell party. | |
| Moedeloos zit ik | Bedrückt sitze ich |
| bij verschroeide lampions -- | bei versengten Laternen -- |
| na mijn afscheidsfeest. | nach meinem Abschied. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-17
The crowning achievement of my life (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "De bekroning van mijn leven", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]) - September 30th, 1956, Rome
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| From the mountain I | |
| see the land, it is autumn: | |
| fall-off and decay. | |
| Vanaf de berg zie | Vom Berg aus sehe |
| ik het land, het is er herfst: | ich das Land, wo es Herbst ist: |
| afval en verval. | Abfall und Verfall. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-09
Poem by Xin Qiji
Poem, written on the wall of the Boshan Road to the Beigu Pavilion at Bo Mountain, to the tune of "Chou Nu Er" ("Ugly Slave")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Qiji, Xin
| I once wondered what | |
| melancholy is, and now -- | |
| on this autumn day... | |
| Ooit was ik benieuwd | Ich fragte mich, was |
| wat melancholie is, nu -- | Melancholie ist, und jetzt -- |
| op deze herfstdag... | an diesem Herbsttag... |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-08
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Mrs. Wang' - May 30th, 1989, Bologna, a few days before the Tiananmen Square (Square of the Gate of Heavenly Peace) protest on June 4th, 1989
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| If you want to turn | |
| back the clock, you'll have to look -- | |
| for the clock, isn't it? | |
| Wie de klok terug | Wer die Uhr zurück- |
| wil draaien moet op zoek gaan -- | drehen will, muss sie doch erst -- |
| naar de klok, nietwaar? | mal finden, oder? |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-01
Tanglewreck (Jeanette Winterson) - 2006
Novel, chapter 20 Audience with the Pope
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Longing for the past | |
| is longing for one's youth, for -- | |
| childlike carefreeness. | |
| Terugverlangen | Sehnsucht nach früher |
| doen mensen naar hun jeugd, naar -- | ist Sehnsucht nach der Jugend, |
| de zorgeloosheid. | nach Unbesorgtheit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-30
You can never go back (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2025
Column "Je kan nooit meer terug", in the NRC of September 30th, 2025
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| They're playing our song | |
| from the old days, long ago -- | |
| I lick bitter tears. | |
| Ze spelen ons lied | Sie spielen unser |
| van lang geleden, ik lik -- | Lied von früher, ich lecke -- |
| bittere tranen. | bittere Tränen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-29
When I hear the song (Heinrich Heine) - 1823
Poem "Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen" (collection "Lyrisches Intermezzo" - XLI), set to music in 1840 by Robert Schumann
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Heine, Heinrich
Composer: Schumann, Robert
| The song makes me cry | |
| for the past, what it promised -- | |
| to be, 'forever'. | |
| Ik huil om het lied, | Ich weine um das |
| om vroeger, dat beloofde -- | Lied, das Versprechen von einst -- |
| 'voor altijd' te zijn. | 'für immer' zu sein. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
Padam, Padam (Henri Contet, Edith Piaf) - 1951
Song
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith; Contet, Henri
| Sometimes, wistfully | |
| I think of the younger years: | |
| my children's childhood. | |
| Weemoedig denk ik | Wehmut, ich denke |
| soms aan de jonge jaren -- | an die früheren Jahre -- |
| van mijn kinderen. | die meiner Kinder. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-13
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 2 Exile, chapter 10
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Dripping shirts, back then, | |
| on the lines in the attic -- | |
| and bits of your face. | |
| Druppende hemden | Tropfende Wäsche, |
| aan de waslijn op zolder -- | damals auf dem Dachboden -- |
| en half jouw gezicht. | und halb dein Gesicht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-31
In a play (The girl in the fur) (Henk Hofstede, Nits) - 1987
Song "In a play (Das Mädchen im Pelz)" (album "In the Dutch mountains")
Collection: Inwardings
Tribute to: Nits; Hofstede, Henk
| The dear family | |
| photo, with a golden edge -- | |
| of melancholy. | |
| Lieve familie- | Das Familien- |
| foto, met een gouden rand -- | Foto, mit goldenem Rand -- |
| een lijst van weemoed. | Rahmen der Wehmut. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-20
Photo (Herman de Coninck) - 1980
Poem "Foto" (collection "Met een klank van hobo")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| I was a fan, sweet | |
| memories I have, always -- | |
| I shall fancy those. | |
| Ik was fan, zoete | Ich war ein Fan, und |
| herinneringen heb ik -- | werde es bleiben, ein Fan -- |
| Daar blijf ik fan van. | der Erinnerung. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-02
Valeri Ojf (Marcel van Roosmalen) - 2022
Column (in nrc on March 2nd, 2022)
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Van Roosmalen, Marcel
| The memory keeps | |
| on smouldering in the breath -- | |
| of my longing heart. | |
| De herinnering | Die Erinnerung |
| blijft smeulen in de adem -- | bleibt schwelen im Atem-- |
| van mijn verlangen. | meines Verlangens. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-16
Collection: Heart's Delight
| In my head, we are | |
| still there, sitting in the wind -- | |
| of your sweet stories. | |
| In mijn hoofd zit jij | In meinem Kopf wehst |
| daar nog, om ons waait de wind -- | du immer noch die Winde -- |
| van jouw verhalen. | deiner Geschichten. |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-27
Tides (Herman Leenders) - 2005
Poem "Getijden" (in "Hollands Maandblad" (2005/2) and in the collection "Vervalsingen")
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Leenders, Herman
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The photo opens my memory |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-03
Amarcord (Oh, I remember - Federico Fellini) - 1973
Film "Amarcord" ("Ah, mi ricardo" / "Oh, I remember")
Collection: Moons
Tribute to: Fellini, Federico
| I wish the world were | |
| lovely as before, and you -- | |
| just like I know you. | |
| Zo mooi als vroeger | So schön wie zuvor |
| wil ik de wereld, en jou -- | möchte ich die Welt, und dich -- |
| zoals ik je ken. | wie ich dich kenne. |
Amsterdam, 2020-01-02
Collection: Pending rain
| Here I have lived, where | |
| now my house no longer is -- | |
| though I keep looking. | |
| Hier heb ik gewoond, | Hier hab ich gelebt, |
| waar nu mijn huis niet meer staat -- | wo jetzt mein Haus nicht mehr steht -- |
| al blijf ik zoeken. | Ich suche weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-24
Place (Rutger Kopland) - 2004
Poem "Plek" (collection "Een man in de tuin")
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Kopland, Rutger
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Dear old apple tree |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-27
The world was young / The apple tree (Hildegard Knef) - 1964
Song "Die Welt war jung" / "Der Apfelbaum" (1964, Max Colpet), redrafting of "Le chevalier de Paris" (1950, Angèle Marie Thérèse Vannier), sung by Hildegard Knef
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Knef, Hildegard
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My home |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-07
Return (Alfredo le Pera) - 1935
Song "Volver"
Collection: Moons
Tribute to: Le Pera, Alfredo
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Bends between mossy boulders |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-04
North Harris (Scotland)
Radio Nostalgia: in the Netherlands, repertoire from the fifties, sixties and seventies; in France, only French chansons
Collection: Pending rain
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Our relationship faded to some |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-20
Diamonds and rust (Joan Baez) - 1975
Song about her relationship with Bob Dylan
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan
| I read a letter | |
| and I read another one -- | |
| until it is dark. | |
| Ik neem weer een brief | Ich las einen Brief |
| en ik lees en ik herlees -- | und ich las wieder einen -- |
| tot het donker is. | bis zur Dunkelheit. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-07
In the evening (Constantine Cavafy) - 1917
Poem #64, "En espéra"
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| People cherish all | |
| the beauty they remember -- | |
| In Warehouse Wistful. | |
| Mensen koesteren | Die Menschen hegen |
| al het moois dat ze denken -- | das Schöne, was sie denken -- |
| In Pakhuis Weemoed. | Im Speicher Wehmut. |
Amsterdam, 2013-10-10
Collection: A Home
| People cherish all | |
| the beauty they imagine -- | |
| in Warehouse Wistful. | |
| Mensen koesteren | Die Menschen hegen |
| al het moois dat ze denken -- | das Schöne, was sie denken -- |
| in Pakhuis Weemoed. | im Speicher Wehmut. |
Amsterdam, 2013-10-10
Collection: Pending rain
