| In a group I don't | |
| feel inferior, never -- | |
| I am arrogant. | |
| In een groep voel ik, | |
| me nooit de mindere, geen -- | minderwertig, ich bin gar -- |
| eigendunk heb ik. | nicht aufgeblasen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-24
I kiss your hands a thousand times - Faxing to Ger #6 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2024
Diary novel "Ik kus uw handen duizendmaal - Faxen aan Ger #6", October 25th, 2000
Collection: Out of place
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| Then the worst thing is | |
| the conceited nobleness -- | |
| that he forgives me! | |
| Het ergste is wel | |
| de ijdele edelheid -- | wohl der eitle Edelmut -- |
| dat hij mij vergeeft! | dass er mir vergibt! |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-24
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part One
Collection: Unspoken
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| People are killing | |
| each other, they want their God -- | |
| to be the victor. | |
| Mensen vermoorden | |
| elkaar, ze willen hun God -- | gegenseitig, denn ihr Gott -- |
| als overwinnaar. | muss triumphieren. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-30
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 3, chapter 19
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Duty of plunder: | |
| it is attractive to them -- | |
| The chosen people. | |
| Plundering als plicht | |
| is aantrekkelijk voor hen: | ist für sie sehr attraktiv: |
| uitverkorenen. | die Auserwählten. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-29
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 3, chapter 19 - Afghan tribes, led, misled and incited by religious doctrines
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| As monarch he rules | |
| from east to west, coast to coast -- | |
| Two seas wash his feet. | |
| Als koning heerst hij | |
| van kust tot kust, twee zeeën -- | Küste zu Küste, in zwei -- |
| wassen zijn voeten. | Meeren wäscht er sich. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-11
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 1 Birth, chapter 5
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| God doesn't ask people | |
| for their love, but only for -- | |
| their obedience. | |
| God vraagt de mensen | |
| niet om hun liefde, maar om -- | verlangt Gott keine Liebe -- |
| hun gehoorzaamheid. | sondern Gehorsam. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-18
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Shalimar the Clown, § 2
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| We pile up power | |
| and build the tallest tower -- | |
| Then it collapses. | |
| We stapelen macht, | , |
| bouwen de hoogste torens -- | bauen die höchsten Türme -- |
| tot ze instorten. | bis sie einstürzen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-10
Slow Train (Bob Dylan) - 1979
Song (album "Slow Train Coming")
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob
| Killing people and | |
| leaving them in the streets day -- | |
| after day to rot. | |
| Mensen vermoorden | |
| en hen dag na dag op straat -- | und sie dann auf der Straße -- |
| laten verrotten. | verrotten lassen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-08
Antigone (Sophocles) - -442
Play
Terror of gangs and regimes
Collection: PumicePieces
Tribute to: Sophokles
| You jump the queue, but | |
| why do you want that, your soul -- | |
| being left behind? | |
| Jij dringt wel voor, maar | , |
| waarom wil je dat, terwijl -- | aber warum, wenn deine -- |
| je ziel achterblijft? | Seele zurückbleibt? |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-30
Asterix and the White Iris (Fabcaro) - 2023
Comic strip "Asterix - L'Iris blanc", illustrations by Didier Conrad), saying of the Roman medical officer Isivertuus to Impedimenta
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Caro, Fabrice ('Fabcaro')
| My friend yells: Frisco!! | |
| Meditation is nonsense! | |
| Ugh, enlightenment! | |
| Mijn vriend schreeuwt: Frisco! | ! |
| Mediteren is onzin! | Meditation ist Unsinn! |
| Spuug op verlichting! | Bespuck Erleuchtung! |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-16
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-2-77, written 1956: Gregory Corso, upon Jack Kerouac's return to San Francisco, wrote a poem about Jack's interest in Buddhism and his weeks of meditation on Desolation Peak, entitled "To Jack Kerouac, Buddha-fish" and beginning with the line "Spit on Bosatsu!" (two golden fish are the symbol of good fortune, because they shall not drown in the sea of suffering; Bosatsu = Boddhisattva)
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
