| Even if the roof | |
| collapses, our wounded hands -- | |
| will still raise the glass. | |
| Al stort het dak in, | Und selbst wenn das Dach |
| onze gewonde handen -- | einstürzt, werden wir, verletzt -- |
| heffen nog het glas. | das Glas erheben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-08
Stones fall between them (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Stenen vallen tussen hen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]) and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - August 27th, 1967, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| How to correct this? | |
| He loves me, oh, if only -- | |
| he had not told me! | |
| Hoe stuur ik dit bij? | Was könnte ich tun? |
| Hij houdt van mij, oh, had hij -- | Er liebt mich, oh, hätte er -- |
| me maar niets gezegd! | mir nur nichts gesagt! |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-10
Diary 1954-1957 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Dagboek 1954-1957" - January 21st, 1955, Milan
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Our fate: I bother | |
| you at night and you bother -- | |
| me during the day? | |
| Is dit ons lot: jij | Unseres Schicksal: |
| hebt 's nachts last van mij en ik -- | ich quäle dich nachts und du -- |
| overdag van jou? | quälst mich tagsüber? |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-10
Diary 1954-1957 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Tu m'opprimevi di giorno ed io t'opprimevo di notte, ma era ingiusto perché il giorno è più longo della notte" (Italo Svevo), quoted by Frida Vogels - January 25th, 1955, Milan - "You oppressed me during the day and I oppressed you during the night, but that wasn't fair because the day is so much longer than the night"
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida; Svevo, Italo
| I just let life pass, | |
| I don't have any bait and -- | |
| I can't even fish. | |
| Ik laat het leven | Das Leben passiert, |
| passeren, ik heb geen aas -- | ich habe keinen Köder -- |
| en kan niet vissen. | und kann nicht fischen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-14
Collection: Greeting from before
