| We're just sitting here, | |
| what else? Should we go somewhere -- | |
| and do nothing there? | |
| We zitten hier maar, | Wir sitzen herum, |
| wat anders? Ergens anders -- | was denn sonst? Woanders hin- |
| gaan zitten niksen? | gehen und nichts tun? |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-03
My struggle 4. Dancing in the Dark (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2010
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Fjerde bok" (translated 2015), part 5 - August 23rd, 1985, Tveit (near Kristiansand)
Collection: Why
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I am not going, | |
| I don't know why yet, but I'm -- | |
| going in my thoughts. | |
| Ik ga niet, waarom | Ich fahre nicht hin, |
| weet ik nog niet, maar ik ga -- | weiß nicht warum, fahre nur -- |
| wel in gedachten. | in Gedanken hin. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-24
Games, thought the hedgehog, and opened his eyes again (Toon Tellegen) - 2014
Short story "Spelletjes, dacht de egel en deed zijn ogen weer open", published in the collections "Het verlangen van de egel" (2014), and "Ze wisten er meer van" (2020)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Listlessly I push | |
| myself on the campsite fence -- | |
| back and forth again. | |
| Lusteloos duw ik | Lustlos schiebe ich |
| mezelf op het campinghek -- | mich auf dem Zaun der Weide -- |
| heen en weer terug. | hin und wieder her. |
De Koog, 2024-09-25
Crying shame (Renate Dorrestein) - 1996
Novel "Verborgen gebreken", part 1, chapter 3
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| At the big party | |
| the staff leaves with excuses -- | |
| The guests are waiting. | |
| Op het feest vertrekt | Mit Ausreden geht |
| het personeel met smoesjes -- | das Partypersonal weg -- |
| De gasten wachten. | Die Gäste warten. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-22
The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel) - 1962
Film "El ángel exterminador" (1962, Luis Buñuel)
Song "Hotel California" (1976, Eagles, album "Hotel California") - "Relax," said the night man, "we are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Buñuel, Luis; Eagles
| Is there laziness? | |
| Or is it listlessness, that -- | |
| nothing pleases you? | |
| Bestaat luiheid wel? | Gibt's Faulheit? Oder |
| Of is het lusteloosheid -- | ist es ja Lustlosigkeit -- |
| er niets aan vinden? | dass dir nichts gefällt? |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-13
The GP and the light girl (Simon Vestdijk) - 1952
Novel "De dokter en het lichte meisje", chapter "The first doctor's wife"
Collection: Inmost
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| My mate is ashamed, | |
| yet he's irresistible -- | |
| ah, my reluctance. | |
| Mijn gezel schaamt zich, | Mein Kumpel schämt sich, |
| maar hij is onweerstaanbaar -- | unwiderstehlich ist er -- |
| ach, mijn tegenzin. | mein Widerwillen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-08
Green with shame (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Poem "Groen van schaamte" (collection "Glas tussen ons")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
