| Old women in black. | |
| They nod, telling their dreams and -- | |
| storing them away. | |
| De oude vrouwen | Die alten Frauen |
| vertellen elkaar dromen -- | erzählen sich Träume und -- |
| en bergen ze op. | bewahren sie auf. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
The dead bring dough and bread, that is good (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "De doden brengen deeg en brood, dat is goed", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part XI [Deceased]), and in "Diary 1974-1976" (2013) - October 7th, 1974, Bologna
First line of the verse: on All Soul's Day, the bread of the dead is eaten ('Pan dei morti')
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| The children go play, | |
| grandpa is drowsy, today -- | |
| there is no story. | |
| De kinderen gaan | Die Kinder gehen |
| spelen, opa is suffig -- | spielen, Opa ist dösig -- |
| er komt geen verhaal. | Keine Geschichte. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-25
Grandpa (Freek de Jonge) - 1972
Song "Opa" (performance "Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen" ["Hope of the Netherlands in Fearful Days"])
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek; Vermeulen, Bram
| The elderly man | |
| is between living and dead -- | |
| famously asleep. | |
| De oude man zit | Der ältere Mann |
| tussen leven en sterven -- | sitzt zwischen Leben und Tod -- |
| beroemd te slapen. | und schläft sehr berühmt. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-22
The old man's sleep (Luigi Pirandello) - 1905
Story "Il sonno del vecchio"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| I am old, I drink | |
| wine from a small nameless field -- | |
| to visit one time. | |
| Ik ben oud, ik drink | Ich bin alt, ich trink |
| wijn van een naamloos veldje -- | Wein von irgendeinen Feld -- |
| om ooit heen te gaan. | Einst geh ich dorthin. |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-29
Forgotten field (Remco Campert) - 2011
Poem (collection "Een oud geluid")
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: Campert, Remco
| At parties he crawled | |
| through the livestock like a child -- | |
| sheep among the sheep. | |
| Op feestjes kroop hij | Auf Partys kroch er |
| als een kind door de kudde -- | wie ein Kind durch die Herde -- |
| schaap met de schapen. | Schaf bei den Schafen. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-06
I misremembered (Seamus Heany) - 1991
Poem (collection "Seeing things")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Heany, Seamus
