| My figs are ripe, it's | |
| time to pick them, my neighbours -- | |
| apparently thought. | |
| Mijn vijgen zijn rijp, | Meine Feigen sind |
| tijd om te plukken, dachten -- | reif, Zeit zum Pflücken, dachten -- |
| mijn buren blijkbaar. | auch meine Nachbarn. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - October 2nd, 1974, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Our neighbours: keeping | |
| their curtains a chink open -- | |
| and the front doors closed. | |
| De buren houden | Unsere Nachbarn: |
| hun gordijnen op een kier -- | ein Spalt im Vorhang und die -- |
| en de deuren dicht. | Türen geschlossen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-11
Dear Mrs. Eva (Valentijn de Heer) - 2023
Novel "Beste mevrouw Eva", chapter 26
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: De Heer, Valentijn
| Neighbours: first a fence | |
| needs to be installed, and then -- | |
| net curtains as well. | |
| Buren: eerst moet er | Nachbarn: zuerst muss |
| een schutting komen, daarna -- | ein Zaun angebracht werden -- |
| ook nog vitrage. | dann auch Gardinen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-10
The Flood (Mariët Meester) - 2003
Novel "De overstroming", chapter 2
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Meester, Mariët
| Why is my neighbour | |
| driving here and who's getting -- | |
| into her car there? | |
| Wat rijdt mijn buurvrouw | Warum fährt die Nach- |
| hier op en neer en wie stapt -- | barin hin und her und wer -- |
| daar in haar auto? | steigt in ihr Auto? |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-20
Under the bushel (Maarten 't Hart) - 1991
Novel "Onder de korenmaat", chapter 7
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: T Hart, Maarten
| I meet my neighbours, | |
| only now, in the dark with -- | |
| handfuls of candles. | |
| Pas in het donker | Erst jetzt, im Dunkeln, |
| ontmoet ik met een handvol -- | treffe ich meine Nachbarn -- |
| kaarsen mijn buren. | Kerzen in der Hand. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-25
Beautiful people (Melanie) - 1969
Song (album "Affectionately Melanie")
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Melanie (Safka, Melanie)
| The future repeats | |
| the past when citizens chase -- | |
| their neighbours away. | |
| De toekomst herhaalt | Die Zukunft ist wie |
| het verleden als buren -- | Vergangenheit, wenn Nachbarn -- |
| weggejaagd worden. | vertrieben werden. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-17
Collection: The Praised One
| Only faint shadows | |
| I see behind the trembling -- | |
| of their thick curtains. | |
| Slechts vage schimmen | Nur schwache Schatten |
| zie ik achter het trillen -- | seh ich hinter dem Zittern -- |
| van hun gordijnen. | ihrer Vorhänge. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-06
Ode to the neighbours (Jotie T'Hooft) - 1977
Poem "Ode aan de buren" (collection "De laatste gedichten")
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: T'Hooft, Jotie
| We don't share that much | |
| joy and sorrow, but we do -- | |
| help each other out. | |
| Lief en leed delen | Freud und Leid teilen |
| we niet zoveel, maar altijd -- | wir nur wenig, aber wir -- |
| helpen we elkaar. | helfen einander. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-19
Neighbourly help
Collection: The drama
|
The sun is a diver |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-03
Endymion = Diver
Selene (the moon), drawn with red hair, is the name of a wine from Recas (near Timisoara)
Thib = swamp >> Timis (river) >> Timis-oara (Timis-castle)
Collection: web tissue
Dedicated to: Adina M
| Nuclear plants: harsh | |
| are people to the people -- | |
| across the border. | |
| Kerncentrales: hard | Kernkraftwerke: hart |
| zijn mensen voor de mensen -- | gegenüber die Menschen -- |
| net over de grens. | jenseits der Grenze. |
Amsterdam, 2018-07-04
Collection: Local inconveniences
| Living together: | |
| neighbours, and the landlord who -- | |
| doesn't even know us. | |
| Met elkaar leven, | Zusammenleben: |
| met buren, en de huisbaas -- | Nachbarn, der Vermieter, der -- |
| die ons niet eens kent. | uns nicht einmal kennt. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-05
Diary 1966-1967 (Frida Vogels) - 2009
"Dagboek 1966-1967" - November 25th, 1967, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The neighbours demand | |
| that we behave as they do -- | |
| We're ashamed and leave. | |
| De buren eisen | Die Nachbarn fordern, |
| dat we leven zoals zij -- | dass wir so leben wie sie -- |
| Beschaamd gaan we weg. | Wir gehen, beschämt. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-15
Our houses were never ours (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Onze huizen waren nooit van ons", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part IX, Marriage]), and in "Diary 1972-1973" (2012) - January 18th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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In soil that I have not chosen |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-12
Collection: Migration
|
They say it doesn't mean a thing |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-09
Dutch television program "De Rijdende Rechter" ("The Ambulant Judge" / "Court at Home", since 1995)
Collection: Short Sermons
|
From afar I have been |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-08
Collection: On living on [2]
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We aren't friends, yet |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-14
Witches in India (21st century)
Collection: Secrets & Believers
|
Neighbours at my door |
Amsterdam, 2016-10-18
I shall be released (Bob Dylan) - 1967
Song
(Neighbours,) nearby, besides fafra (Family - Friends - Acquaintances)
(Voisins,) avoisinant, en plus de FAC (Famille - Amis - Connaissances)
Story "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (1955, Jerome Salinger)
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Salinger, Jerome
