| The sun says so much, | |
| but the moon emits a light -- | |
| that listens to you. | |
| De zon zegt zo veel, | Die Sonne sagt viel, |
| maar de maan verspreidt een licht -- | aber das Licht des Mondes -- |
| dat naar je luistert. | hört dir eben zu. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-28
Night guide (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2025
Novel "Nachtgids", paragraph 14
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
| Love is a moon, it | |
| changes from day to day, there's -- | |
| increase, there's decrease. | |
| Liefde is een maan, | Liebe ist ein Mond, |
| ze verandert per dag, wordt -- | sie verändert sich, sie wird -- |
| groter, wordt kleiner. | größer, wird kleiner. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-19
The Stepmother (Renate Dorrestein) - 2011
Novel "De stiefmoeder", part 'Claire', chapter Five - L'amore è come la luna: quando non aumenta, diminuisce (Love is like the moon: when it does not increase, it decreases)
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| In ashen wisps clouds | |
| are moving across the sky -- | |
| Far away: the moon. | |
| In flarden trekken | In Fetzen ziehen |
| er wolken langs de hemel -- | Wolken über den Himmel -- |
| De maan is ver weg. | Der Mond ist weit weg. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 2 "Even more so / because of being alone / the moon is a friend" (haiku by Yosa (Taniguchi) Buson, 1716-1783, translated by Yuki Sawa and Edith Marcombe Shiffert), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Yosa (Taniguchi), Buson
Composer: Garland, Peter
| The moon draws an arc | |
| through the lonely dreariness -- | |
| of my empty head. | |
| De maan trekt een boog | Der Mond zieht einen |
| door het eenzame duister -- | Bogen durch die Dunkelheit -- |
| van mijn lege hoofd. | in meinem Schädel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 4 "As I look at the moon / my mind goes roaming / till I live again / the autumn that I / knew long ago" (tanka by Saigyo, 1118-1190, translated by Burton Watson), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Saigyo
Composer: Garland, Peter
| I'm restless: the moon | |
| stands still while it is moving -- | |
| imperturbably. | |
| Ik ben onrustig: | Ich bebe: der Mond |
| de maan staat onverstoorbaar -- | steht still und er bewegt sich -- |
| stil te bewegen. | unerschütterlich. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 6 "Harai arai / kokoro no tsuki no / kagami kana" ("I cleansed the mirror / of my heart - now it reflects / the moon", haiku by Renseki, 1701-1789, from the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Renseki
Composer: Garland, Peter
| A cold winter moon | |
| high above the rolling snow -- | |
| My heart starts pounding. | |
| Koude wintermaan | Kalter Wintermond |
| boven de glooiende sneeuw -- | über dem hügligen Schnee -- |
| Mijn hart raakt van slag. | Mein Herz schlägt schneller. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 1 "Living alone in the woods / few visitors cast shadows / How clean the moon / gleaming in the sky" (haiku by Ryokan Taigu, 1758-1831), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Ryokan, Taigu
Composer: Garland, Peter
| Horses are dancing | |
| beneath the strawberry moon -- | |
| Life is very sweet. | |
| Er dansen paarden | Die Pferde tanzen |
| onder de zachtroze maan -- | unter dem zartrosa Mond -- |
| Het leven is zoet. | Das Leben ist süß. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-05
Cinnamon Horses (Nick Cave) - 2024
Song, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, album "Wild God"
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Cave, Nick
| The wind blows, the trees | |
| are bare and wet, the full moon -- | |
| glides pale behind them. | |
| Het waait, de bomen | Die Bäume sind kahl |
| zijn kaal, de volle maan glijdt -- | und der Vollmond gleitet blass -- |
| bleek achter hen langs. | hinter ihnen her. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-12
Look, the moon shines through the trees (Jan Pieter Heije) - 1861
Title of the Sinterklaas-song "Zie, de maan schijnt door de bomen" (music Jan Viotta)
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Heije, Jan Pieter
| In the pale moonlight | |
| it is intimidating: | |
| our holiday home. | |
| In het vale licht | Im fahlen Mondlicht |
| van de maan schrikt het me af: | jagt es mir Angst ein: unser -- |
| ons vakantiehuis. | Ferienhäuschen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-21
Collection: Moons
| We land on the moon, | |
| it's pockmarked, lots of craters -- | |
| from many rock rains... | |
| We landen, de maan | Landung, der Mond ist |
| is pokdalig, veel kraters -- | pockennarbig, viele Krater: |
| van veel rotsregens... | viele Steinregen! |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: "landing on the moon" - NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred
| Two chubby maggots: | |
| hopping around, drilling holes -- | |
| in the barren land. | |
| Twee vette maden | Zwei fette Maden |
| huppen rond, boren gaten -- | hüpfen rum, bohren Löcher -- |
| in de woestenij. | in die Einöde. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: flagpole on the moon - NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred
| Moon sand flying up, | |
| the camera on the chest -- | |
| like an erection. | |
| Opstuivend maanzand, | Mondsand wirbelt auf, |
| de camera op de borst -- | die Kamera auf der Brust -- |
| als een erectie. | wie eine Steife. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: "lunar vehicle" - NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred
| Work is play, falling | |
| down and getting up again -- | |
| in the moon sandbox. | |
| Werken is spelen, | Die Arbeit ist Spiel, |
| met veel vallen en opstaan -- | fallen, wieder aufstehen -- |
| in de maanzandbak. | im Mondsandkasten. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred
| A full moon tonight, | |
| light pink like a peach, perfect -- | |
| and inedible. | |
| Volle maan vannacht, | Vollmond heute Nacht, |
| lichtroze als een perzik -- | hellrosa wie ein Pfirsich -- |
| volmaakt, oneetbaar. | perfekt, nichteßbar. |
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-06
the masterpiece: light-pink moon, full (Gerrit Kouwenaar) - 1978
Poem "het meesterwerk: lichtrose maan, vol" (collection "het meesterwerk: lichtrose maan, vol")
Collection: Inwardings
Tribute to: Kouwenaar, Gerrit
| On the mountain road, | |
| the moon hops along with me -- | |
| valley to valley. | |
| Op de bergweg hupt | Auf der Bergstraße |
| de volle maan met me mee -- | hüpft der Vollmond mir voraus -- |
| dal na dal na dal. | Tal nach Tal nach Tal. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-12
Maintenance of the senses (Franco Faggiani) - 2018
Novel "La manutenzione dei sensi"
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco
| The full moon enchants | |
| the city, I wonder why -- | |
| no one is looking. | |
| De maan betovert | Der Mond verzaubert |
| de stad, ik snap niet waarom -- | die Stadt, ich frag mich warum -- |
| niemand ernaar kijkt. | niemand es anschaut. |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-23
Old Filth (Jane Gardam) - 2004
Novel
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane
| Many nights I walked | |
| in the rain, under the moon -- | |
| as my clock pointer. | |
| Nachtenlang liep ik | Nacht für Nacht ging ich |
| in de regen, met de maan -- | im Regen, unter dem Mond -- |
| als mijn klokwijzer. | als mein Uhrzeiger. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-26
Acquainted With The Night (Robert Frost) - 1928
Poem (collection "West-Running Brook")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Frost, Robert
| The moon: I feel you | |
| next to me again, watching -- | |
| under the blossoms. | |
| De maan: ik voel jou | Der Mond: ich fühle |
| weer naast me, samen kijkend -- | dich wieder bei mir, schauend -- |
| door de bloesems heen. | durch die Kirschblüten. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-08
To exist, to decay (Juyi Bai) - 799
Mourning for a deceased friend
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Bai, Juyi
| You don't share my love | |
| for you, but this very night -- | |
| you too see the moon. | |
| Mijn liefde voor jou | Ach, meine Liebe |
| deel jij niet, maar vanavond -- | teilst du nicht, doch heute Nacht -- |
| zie ook jij de maan. | siehst auch du den Mond. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-04
Even though you don't share (Nobuakira Minamoto) - 942
Poem for a lady, on a moon night
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Minamoto, Nobuakira
| We are together, | |
| but I am looking outside: | |
| the bright autumn moon. | |
| Het is gezellig, | Es ist gesellig, |
| maar ik kijk stil naar buiten: | doch ich schaue nach draußen: |
| heldere herfstmaan. | der helle Herbstmond. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-03
The Pillow Book (Sei Sh?nagon) - 1002
Diary "Makura no S?shi"
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Shonagon, Sei
| The moon has returned, | |
| not shining on my friend though -- | |
| who loved her so much. | |
| De maan is er weer, | Wieder der Mond, |
| al schijnt ze niet op mijn vriend -- | aber nicht für meinen Freund -- |
| die zo van haar hield. | der ihn sehr liebte. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-03
The moon is in time (Funtoki Sugawara) - 950
Mourning Poem from "Japanese and Chinese Poems for Singing", No. 744
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Sugawara, Funtoki
| New Year's Eve: the moon | |
| and the jack-o'-lanterns peek- | |
| a-boo in the pond. | |
| Oudjaarsnacht: de maan | Silvester: der Mond |
| en de pompoenlamp kieke- | und die Kürbislaterne -- |
| boeën in de plas. | guck-guck-en im Teich. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-04
Haiku by Charishma Ramchandani (Sai Babas Lotus) - 2018
October 31st, Celtic New Year's Eve, after: "the halloween moon / plays peek-a-boo in the pond -- // jack-o-lanterns sway" by Charishma Ramchandani (Sai Babas Lotus)
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Ramchandani, Charishma
| The whole world watches | |
| mankind landing on the moon. | |
| Beeps and blurry shots. | |
| Heel de wereld kijkt: | Die Welt schaut zu: die |
| de mensheid landt op de maan. | Menschheit landet auf dem Mond. |
| Piepjes en vlekken. | Piepe und Flecken. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-08
Diary 1968-1969 (Frida Vogels) - 2010
"Dagboek 1968-1969" - July 21st, 1969, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Only if I don't pay attention |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-09
Collection: Moons
| Seeing the full moon | |
| shine in the quiet of night -- | |
| a sun in your heart. | |
| 's Nachts de volle maan | Den Vollmond spät nachts |
| in stilte laten schijnen -- | in Stille scheinen sehen -- |
| een zon in je hart. | Sonne im Herzen. |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-27
Sir Bumble and The Sunny View (Marten Toonder) - 1976
Comic strip #155 - Heer Bommel en De Zonnige Kijk (tiers 8594-8672), tier 8653
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| Moon behind branches -- | |
| Don't think about it, but look: | |
| moon behind branches. | |
| Maan achter takken -- | Mond hinter Zweigen -- |
| Kijk, denk er niets bij, maar kijk: | Denk nichts dazu, aber schau: |
| maan achter takken. | Mond hinter Zweigen. |
Amsterdam, 2015-05-03
The moonlight through the high branches (Alberto Caeiro) - 1925
Poem "O luar através dos altos ramos" (Fernando Pessoa)
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Caeiro, Alberto; Pessoa, Fernando
| The cat does not move, | |
| she is observing the moon -- | |
| the hypnotic ball. | |
| De kat zit muisstil | Die Katze sitzt still |
| de maan te observeren -- | und beobachtet den Mond -- |
| de hypnosebal. | der Hypnoseball. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-04
And the quiet cat (Jack Kerouac) - 1968
Poem "And the quiet cat / sitting by the post / perceives the moon" (collection "Book of haikus", published in 2003)
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| Sweeps of sunset glow | |
| are hazing under the moon -- | |
| born and bred of blood. | |
| Vegen avondrood | Striche Abendrot |
| nevelen onder de maan -- | schleiern sich under dem Mond -- |
| uit bloed geboren. | aus Blut geboren. |
Amsterdam, 2013-10-06
Collection: Moons
| The girl sings her way | |
| home at night, along shadows -- | |
| of the gibbous moon. | |
| Het meisje zingt zich | Das Mädchen singt sich |
| 's nachts naar huis langs schaduwen -- | nachts sicher nach Hause durch -- |
| van de volle maan. | die Vollmondschatten. |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-27
Collection: Moons
| The large autumn moon: | |
| in the darkest of the night -- | |
| the sun is still bright. | |
| De grote herfstmaan: | Der große Herbstmond: |
| in het donkerst van de nacht -- | im Dunkeln scheint immer noch -- |
| schijnt nog steeds de zon. | ganz hell die Sonne. |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-19
Collection: Moons
| Up above the trees: | |
| roofs, then towers and mountains -- | |
| ice giants, the moon! | |
| Boven de bomen: | Über den Bäumen: |
| daken, dan torens, bergen -- | Dächer, dann Türme, Berge -- |
| ijsreuzen, de maan! | Eisriesen, der Mond! |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-14
Collection: Moons
| I see the moon black | |
| eclipsing star after star -- | |
| A thief in the night. | |
| Ik zie de maan zwart | Schau, schwarz verdunkelt |
| ster na ster verduisteren -- | der Mond einfach die Sterne -- |
| Een dief in de nacht. | Ein Dieb in der Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-11
New Moon
Collection: Moons
| Oh, the gibbous moon: | |
| let other people dream, we'll -- | |
| dance the night away. | |
| Grote volle maan: | Der große Vollmond: |
| laat de mensen maar dromen -- | lass die Menschen nur träumen -- |
| Wij dansen de nacht. | Wir tanzen die Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-09
Collection: Moons
| I look at the moon | |
| for comfort, but it moves on -- | |
| Moons comfort that way. | |
| Ik kijk naar de maan | Um Trost schaue ich |
| voor troost, maar ze schuift verder -- | nach dem Mond, er schiebt weiter -- |
| Zo troosten manen. | So trösten Monde. |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-09
Collection: Moons
| Beautiful, the moon, | |
| it sings feelings into me -- | |
| turns them inside out. | |
| De maan is zo mooi, | Der Mond ist so schön, |
| ze zingt gevoelens in mij -- | er singt Gefühle in mich -- |
| binnenstebuiten. | innen nach außen. |
Amsterdam, 2013-02-08
Collection: Moons
| The pot on the stove | |
| is cold, the food is eaten -- | |
| The moon passes by. | |
| De pot op de stoof | Der Topf auf dem Herd |
| is koud en leeggegeten -- | ist kalt und ausgegessen -- |
| De maan gaat voorbij. | Der Mond geht vorbei. |
Amsterdam, 2012-02-09
Collection: Moons
| Once upon a time | |
| there was a man in the moon -- | |
| and we called on him. | |
| Er was eens een man- | Ja, es war einmal |
| netje op de maan en wij -- | ein Männchen im Mond und wir -- |
| gingen op bezoek. | gingen zu Besuch. |
Amsterdam, 2011-12-01
July 20th, 1969 - Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
Collection: Migration
| The full moon is so | |
| beautiful! to keep looking -- | |
| is só difficult. | |
| Zie de volle maan | Schaue, der Vollmond, |
| o zo mooi! blijven kijken -- | ja so schön! lange schauen -- |
| is o zo moeilijk. | ist ja so schwierig. |
Amsterdam, 2011-11-28
Collection: Moons
| A full moon today, | |
| I won't go to sleep for hours -- | |
| I will look at you. | |
| Vannacht volle maan, | Vollmond, bei weitem |
| ik ga nog lang niet slapen -- | gehe ich noch nicht schlafen -- |
| en kijk steeds naar jou. | Ich schaue dich an. |
Amsterdam, 2011-11-27
Collection: Moons
Moon
Amsterdam, 2010-11-30
Ballpoint pen on paper
Collection: Pencil
| A full moon, and I | |
| lie and listen all night long -- | |
| to the silent night. | |
| Volle maan, en ik | Vollmond, ich liege |
| lig heel lang te luisteren -- | und höre ganz lange zu -- |
| naar de stille nacht. | zu der stille Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 1992-09-25
Collection: Moons
