| Heaven amplifies | |
| my sorrow by echoing -- | |
| my racing heartbeats. | |
| De hemel versterkt | Der Himmel verstärkt |
| mijn verdriet, hij weerkaatst het -- | meinen Kummer, er echot -- |
| jagen van mijn hart. | mein rasendes Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-25
Cormorant 2775 (Jacob Lekkerkerker) - 2025
Part of the composition, performed in the Organpark on October 25th, 2025 by Jacob Lekkerkerker (hyperorgan) and Oene van Geel (viola, on the balcony)
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Lekkerkerker, Jacob; Van Geel, Oene
| My day is grey, drenched | |
| in sadness, straight from my heart -- | |
| I embrace myself. | |
| Mijn dag is gedrenkt | Traurigkeit quillt auf, |
| in verdriet, recht uit mijn hart -- | direkt aus meinem Herzen -- |
| Ik omarm mijzelf. | Ich umarme mich. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-10
Sorrow (Margreeth Chr. De Jong) - 2016
Composition "Schmerz", from: "6 Fantasiestücke für Violine und Orgel" (opus 79), performed in the Organpark by Amerentia van der Kooij (viola) and Arno van Wijk (organ), on October 10th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: De Jong, Margreeth Chr.
| Then you locked the door, | |
| I stood there desperately -- | |
| at night by the gate. | |
| Toen sloot je de deur, | Dann hast du die Tür |
| wanhopig stond ik daar maar -- | verschlossen, verzweifelt stand -- |
| 's avonds bij het hek. | ich da, nachts am Tor. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-28
A wrong train of thought (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Een verkeerde gedachtengang", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - April 12th, 1964, Amsterdam (about the joint holiday in Brittany in 1954)
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| If only there was | |
| a sea for my stream of tears -- | |
| a chest to cry on. | |
| Was er maar een zee | Mir fehlt ein Meer für |
| voor mijn tranenstroom, een borst -- | meinen Tränenstrom, eine -- |
| om op te huilen. | Brust zum Ausweinen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-22
Wenn a hazy stream (Vincenzo Grimani / Georg Friedrich Händel) - 1708
Air "Se vago rio" (Vincenzo Grimani, music Georg Friedrich Händel, HWV83), from the opera "Aminta e Fillide" ("Aminta and Fillide") - Aminta
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Grimani, Vincenzo
Composer: Handel, Georg Friedrich
| I'm being flooded | |
| and I sink into the depths -- | |
| of my own echoes. | |
| Ik word overspoeld | Ich bin überschwemmt, |
| en zink weg in de diepte -- | versinke in die Tiefe -- |
| van eigen echo's. | eigener Echos. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-18
Pole (Karlheinz Stockhausen) - 1970
Improvisation-composition, for two players/singers with two shortwave receivers, on the occasion of the Expo '70 in Osaka; performed by Robin Rimbaud (electronics), Jakob Lekkerkerker (organ) and Gareth Davis (bass clarinet) on January 18th, 2025 in the Organpark
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
| You and you only | |
| know my pain, for you yourself -- | |
| did it, broke my heart. | |
| Alleen jij weet het, | Nur du kennst meine |
| jij kent mijn smart, want jijzelf -- | Schmerzen, denn du selbst hast mir -- |
| deed het, brak mijn hart. | das Herz gebrochen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-29
And if the flowers knew (Heinrich Heine) - 1823
Poem "Und wüßten's die Blumen" (collection "Lyrisches Intermezzo" - XXII), set to music in 1840 by Robert Schumann
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Heine, Heinrich
Composer: Schumann, Robert
| The vague liquid pain | |
| that you can't point out at all -- | |
| must be sad feelings. | |
| De vloeibare pijn | Der flüssige Schmerz, |
| die je niet aan kunt wijzen -- | den man nicht anweisen kann -- |
| moet wel verdriet zijn. | muss Traurigkeit sein. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-06
A green linen closet - 16 (Ed Leeflang) - 1981
Poem "Een groene linnenkast" - 16 (collection "Bewoond als ik ben")
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Leeflang, Ed
| He cries for three hours, | |
| or three days, three weeks maybe -- | |
| Then it starts to rain. | |
| Hij huilt drie uren, | Er weint stundenlang, |
| of drie dagen, drie weken -- | oder tage-, wochenlang -- |
| Daarna regent het. | Und dann regnet es. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-27
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 3-2 "In the Sundarbans"
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The moon shines sorrow | |
| into me, yet I'm looking -- | |
| through a haze of tears. | |
| De maan schijnt verdriet | Der Mond scheint Trauer |
| in mij, toch kijk ik ernaar -- | in mich, ich schaue ihn an -- |
| door mijn tranen heen. | durch meine Tränen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-01
Poem by Saigyo - 1190
Poem by the monk ("Hoshi") Saigyo (1118-1190): Nageke tote / Tsuki ya wa mono o / Omowasuru / Kakochi gao naru / Waga namida kana
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Saigyo
| Sadness is within, | |
| first a series of crackers -- | |
| and then howling dogs. | |
| Verdriet zit in je, | Kummer ist in dir, |
| eerst een reeks rotjes, en dan -- | zuerst Knallkörper, und dann -- |
| jankende honden. | heulende Hunde. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-15
Minesweeper (Ronelda Kamfer) - 2016
Poem (collection "Hammie")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda
| It is May, and yet | |
| winter is in the air now -- | |
| that Mama is dead. | |
| Het is mei, en toch | Es ist Mai, dennoch |
| hangt er winter in de lucht -- | liegt Winter in der Luft, jetzt -- |
| nu mama dood is. | da Mama tot ist. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-19
Nocturne (Louise Glück) - 2013
Poem, published in "Poetry" (December 2013) and in the collection "Faithful and Virtuous Nigh" (2014)
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Glück, Louise
| We carry sorrows | |
| and old injuries with us -- | |
| as long as we live. | |
| Beschadigingen | Wir tragen Trauer |
| en verdriet dragen we mee -- | und Verletzungen mit uns -- |
| zolang we leven. | solang wir leben. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-08
The Good Apprentice (Iris Murdoch) - 1985
Novel, chapter 1, part 5
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| I know what she needs, | |
| she's inconsolable, so -- | |
| I don't console her. | |
| Ze is ontroostbaar. | Sie ist untröstlich. |
| Ik weet wat goed voor haar is -- | Ich weiß, was gut für sie ist -- |
| en troost haar dus niet. | und tröste sie nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-28
The son - I (Hester Knibbe) - 2002
Dead son to his mother
Poem "De zoon" - I (collection "Verstoorde grond")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Knibbe, Hester
| Cradle great sadness | |
| in music, there are no words -- | |
| that can carry it. | |
| Wieg een groot verdriet | Wiege Traurigkeit |
| in muziek, er is geen taal -- | in Musik, keine Sprache -- |
| om het te dragen. | könnte sie tragen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-28
In between wailing (interview with Anna Enquist) - 2002
Interview "Tussen het brullen door", with Anna Enquist (Frénk van der Linden in NRC Handelsblad, February 1st, 2002)
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: Enquist, Anna
| Way too much sadness, | |
| nonetheless, we get hungry -- | |
| and there is a cake. | |
| Veel te veel verdriet, | Zu viel Traurigkeit, |
| maar toch krijgen we honger -- | trotzdem werden wir hungrig -- |
| en er is een taart. | und es gibt Kuchen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-24
Fairy tale (Kristien Hemmerechts) - 1992
Autobiographical story "Sprookje"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Hemmerechts, Kristien
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You don't know why |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-18
St. Anthony of Padua's Sermon to the Fish (Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim / Gustav Mahler) - 1893
"Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" (lyrics from 1808)
Collection: Moons
Tribute to: Brentano, Clemens; Von Arnim, Achim
Composer: Mahler, Gustav
| Clamour and complaints, | |
| it is a madhouse in here -- | |
| The walls are weeping. | |
| Geschreeuw en geklaag, | Schreien und klagen, |
| het is hier een gekkenhuis -- | es ist ein Tollhaus hier drin -- |
| De muren huilen. | Die Wände weinen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
No movement (Jan van de Putte) - 2019
Composition "Keine Bewegung", performed by Orkest de Ereprijs and Katharina Gross (cello) on April 3rd, 2022 in the Organpark
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Van de Putte, Jan
|
It's fluid that you are |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-21
Collection: Moons
|
Under shiny drops |
Amsterdam, 2020-01-10
Smile (John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons / Charles Chaplin) / It's raining in my heart (Paul Verlaine / Claude Debussy) - 1872
Song "Smile" (1954, John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons [vocals Nat King Cole]; music 1936, Charles Chaplin)
Poem "Il pleure dans mon coeur" ("It's raining in my heart" (1872, Paul Verlaine, put to music in 1887 by Claude Debussy)
Collection: Moons
Tribute to: Chaplin, Charles; Verlaine, Paul
Composer: Debussy, Claude
|
To find your company |
Amsterdam, 2019-12-05
The gods must have their number (Hubert Lampo) - 1969
Novella "De goden moeten hun getal hebben"
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Lampo, Hubert
| He died and I am | |
| mortal: indigestible -- | |
| It turns my stomach. | |
| Mijn sterfelijkheid | Meine Sterblichkeit |
| en zijn dood: onverteerbaar -- | und sein Tod: unverdaulich -- |
| Mijn maag draait zich om. | Mein Magen dreht sich. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
Collection: On living on [2]
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No storm, no silence |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-11
Collection: On living on [2]
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I was such a child myself, ten years old |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-04
Regina Antonius de Kok (1895-1980), nun Euphrasie
Collection: On living on [2]
| I'm sad from the rain, | |
| without knowing: is this real -- | |
| genuine sadness? | |
| De harde regen | Traurig vom Regen, |
| maakt me triest, al weet ik niet -- | obwohl unwissend: ist sie echt -- |
| of ik echt triest ben. | meine Traurigkeit? |
Amsterdam, 2016-10-23
It rains a lot, it rains excessively... (Álvaro de Campos) - 1914
Poem "Chove muito, chove excessivamente..." (Fernando Pessoa)
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: De Campos, Alvaro; Pessoa, Fernando
| Horizon, a pale | |
| light in which you see nothing -- | |
| that's what sadness sees. | |
| Horizon, een bleek | Horizont, blasses |
| licht waarin je niets kunt zien -- | Licht in dem man gar nichts sieht -- |
| dat ziet bedroefdheid. | das sieht der Kummer. |
Amsterdam, 2015-09-13
Closure Dyke (Gerrit Krol) - 1980
Poem "Afsluitdijk" (magazine Tirade (1980), and in the collections "Laatste gedichten" (1988) and " 't komt allemaal goed" (2005)
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
| I swim my sorrow | |
| through wavy waters, the fish -- | |
| are gagging for air. | |
| Ik zwem mijn verdriet | Meine Kummer schwimmt |
| door woelig water, vissen -- | durch welliges Wasser, Fisch -- |
| happen er naar lucht. | schnappt immer nach Luft. |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-30
Collection: BloodTrunk
| Our club is losing, | |
| the little flags rustle like -- | |
| pouring cold water. | |
| Onze club verliest, | Die Mannschaft verliert, |
| de vlaggetjes ritselen -- | wie eine kalte Dusche -- |
| als een koude douche. | rascheln die Fahnen |
Amsterdam, 2012-06-27
Originally the first line was: England is losing
Collection: PumicePieces
