| Can the sweet revenge | |
| of insulting really cleanse -- | |
| my tarnished honour? | |
| Kan de zoete wraak | Kann süße Rache |
| van smaad mijn bezoedelde -- | meine befleckte Ehre -- |
| eer echt zuiveren? | wirklich reinigen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-05
What a beautiful pleasure revenge is (Antonio Salvi / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1723
Air "Bel piacer ch'è la vendetta", from the opera "Ercole su'l Termodonte" ("Hercules on the [river] Thermodon", 1723, Antonio Salvi, music Antonio Vivaldi, RV 710), 2nd act, 1st scene - Antiope (Queen of the Amazons)
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Salvi, Antonio
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| What now, with yourself, | |
| with your injured innocence -- | |
| and destructiveness? | |
| Wat nu, met jezelf, | Was anzufangen |
| met je vermoorde onschuld -- | mit der gekränkten Unschuld -- |
| en je vernielzucht? | und Zerstörungswut? |
De Koog, 2024-09-27
A night to fly a kite (Renate Dorrestein) - 1987
Novel "Een nacht om te vliegeren"
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| She doesn't even know | |
| whether she prefers justice -- | |
| or bloody revenge. | |
| Ze is onzeker | Sie weiß nicht einmal, |
| of zij gerechtigheid wil -- | ob sie ja Gerechtigkeit -- |
| of bloedige wraak. | oder Rache will. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-19
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Kashmira, § 1
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Rather say it now, | |
| it saves a reckoning when -- | |
| writing your memoirs. | |
| Zeg het liever nu, | Sag es jetzt lieber, |
| dat scheelt een afrekening -- | das spart eine Abrechnung -- |
| in je memoires. | in den Memoiren. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-03
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 692, Maarten Koning, Ad Muller and Bart Asjes (1974)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| The car is broken: | |
| garage sentence. After that -- | |
| it is free to ride. | |
| De auto is stuk. | Kaputtes Auto: |
| Na tien jaar garagestraf -- | Haftzeit in der Garage -- |
| mag hij weer rijden. | Dann darf es fahren. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-05
A pleasant postumity: letters 1965-1997 (Herman de Coninck) - 1996
Imprisonment without help
Letter 379, from Herman de Coninck to Freddy Horion, September 8th, 1996 (in "Een aangename postumiteit: brieven 1965-1997"); published in 2004
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| You should recover, | |
| because I have to kill you -- | |
| Daddy Panzer-man. | |
| Je moet genezen, | Du musst heilen, denn |
| dan zal ik jou vermoorden -- | dann werde ich dich töten -- |
| papa Pantserman. | Papa Panzermann. |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-20
Daddy (Sylvia Plath) - 1962
Poem (collection "Ariel")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Plath, Sylvia
|
We are living in a poor country |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-26
disgrace (John Coetzee) - 1999
Novel
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Coetzee, John
| Then I was weak, now | |
| I take revenge. It doesn't help -- | |
| I just suffer more. | |
| Toen was ik zwak, nu | Damals war ich schwach, |
| neem ik wraak. Het helpt me niet -- | jetzt räche ich mich, leider -- |
| Ik lijd juist nog meer. | leide ich noch mehr. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-03
Collection: Bruises
| Like Samson, kill more | |
| adversaries in your death -- | |
| than in your lifetime! | |
| Dood zoals Simson | Wie Simson, töte |
| bij je dood meer vijanden -- | im Tod viel mehr Feinde als -- |
| dan in je leven! | in deinem Leben! |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-27
Diary 1962-1963 (Frida Vogels) - 2007
"Dagboek 1962-1963" - June 12th, 1962, Amsterdam
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
