| The dark sky closes | |
| in around my house: doors and -- | |
| windows disappear. | |
| De donkere lucht | Der dunkle Himmel |
| sluit zich om mijn huis: deuren, | schließt sich um mein Haus: Türe, |
| ramen, verdwijnen. | Fenster, verschwinden. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-10
Battleground (Jan-Peter de Graaff) - 2025
String quartet, accompanying the story of a daughter who moves in with her father, who is a war photographer (one of the six stories from "In een flat met duizend ramen" by Joke van Leeuwen, performed January 24-31, 2026) - Part 2. "No more doors, nor windows", performed on May 10th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Pieter van Loenen (violin), Dick de Graaff (violin), Joël Waterman (viola), Hans Woudenberg (cello)
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Van Leeuwen, Joke
Composer: De Graaff, Jan-Peter
| Where will I be safe? | |
| Where will someone say to me: | |
| You will be safe here. | |
| Waar ben ik veilig? | Wo bin ich sicher? |
| Waar zal iemand me zeggen: | Wo wird mir jemand sagen: |
| Hier ben je veilig. | Hier bist du sicher. |
Schin op Geul, 2025-09-03
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
Poem "Hier ben ik veilig", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part XII, Evaluation]), and in "Diary 1974-1976" (2013) - December 5th, 1976, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| You live in a house | |
| that is not stable, in the -- | |
| way a child draws it. | |
| Jij leeft in een huis | Du lebst in einem |
| dat niet stevig staat, zoals -- | Haus, das nicht stabil ist, wie -- |
| een kind dat tekent. | ein Kind es zeichnet. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-08
A house with clay walls, small high windows (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Een huis met lemen muren, kleine hoge vensters", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - June 25th, 1967, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| My house is alive, | |
| it wants to unfold and grow -- | |
| it gives me no rest. | |
| Mijn huis leeft, het wil | Mein Haus lebt, es will |
| zich ontplooien, uitgroeien -- | sich entfalten, wachsen, lässt -- |
| en geeft mij geen rust. | mich keine Ruhe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-02
Someone who for the construction of a hut (Frida Vogels) - 2008
Poem "Wie om een hut te bouwen", published in "Diary 1964-1965" - August 17th, 1965, San Severo
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Another day, I | |
| get up, reluctantly leave -- | |
| my blanket fortress. | |
| Weer een dag, ik moet | Ein neuer Tag, ich |
| eruit, verlaat schoorvoetend -- | muss raus, verlasse ungern -- |
| mijn fort van dekens. | meine Deckenburg. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-04
A gentle day (Eva Gouda) - 2022
Poem "Een zachte dag"
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Gouda, Eva
| The buzz downstairs is | |
| a comfortable mattress -- | |
| of security. | |
| Het geroezemoes | Das Stimmengewirr |
| beneden is een matras -- | unten: eine Matratze -- |
| van geborgenheid. | der Geborgenheit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-30
Night side of the river: The spare room (Jeanette Winterson) - 2023
Story "The spare room" in the collection "Night side of the river"
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| A state of my own, | |
| new, within safe walls, that is -- | |
| what I call: freedom. | |
| Een eigen staat, nieuw, | Ein eigener Staat, |
| binnen veilige muren -- | neu, sicher ummauert, das -- |
| dat noem ik: vrijheid. | nenne ich: Freiheit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-21
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 13 On Pleasure Island
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The wind around the | |
| house is restless, I lie still -- | |
| but I am restless. | |
| De wind om het huis | Der Wind ums Haus ist |
| is onrustig, ik lig stil -- | unruhig, ich liege still -- |
| maar ben onrustig. | obwohl unruhig. |
De Koog, 2024-09-26
Collection: Local traffic
| The cars are coming | |
| home, in the valley, I hear -- | |
| them on the high dike. | |
| De auto's komen | Die Autos kommen |
| thuis, in het dal, ik hoor ze -- | heim, ins Tal, ich höre sie -- |
| op de hoge dijk. | auf dem hohen Deich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-31
In the Dutch mountains (Henk Hofstede, Nits) - 1987
Song (album "In the Dutch mountains")
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Nits; Hofstede, Henk
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From generation to generation |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-06
The Name: "HaShem", the indication of God
Wrestling: after the byname "Isra-El" = "Who contends with God" (Genesis 32:28)
The Mount: Moriah and Zion, the centre of Jerusalem
Lowlands: "Canaan", with the Gaza Strip, where the Philistines used to live
Pillar: Samson destroys a temple in Gaza (Book of Judges 16:26-30)
From the river to the sea: Palestinian slogan, which also characterises the policy of the State of Israel
Collection: The Praised One
| I feel so at home | |
| in the world, with the tomcat -- | |
| curled up on my bed. | |
| Ik voel me erg thuis | Ich bin in der Welt |
| in de wereld, met de kat -- | zu Hause, mit der Katze -- |
| gekruld op mijn bed. | bei mir auf dem Bett. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-28
Sleeping in bed with a cat (Lars Gustafsson) - 2002
Poem "Sover i sängen med en katt" (collection "En tid i Xanadu")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gustafsson, Lars
| At home, I am safe, | |
| bút No, no But, Buts are No's -- | |
| At home, I am safe! | |
| Thuis ben ik veilig, | Heimisch zu Hause, |
| máár... Nee, Maar betekent Nee -- | áber Nein, Aber meint Nein -- |
| Thuis ben ik veilig! | Heimisch zu Hause! |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-22
Ghost (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2020
Column "Spook" (in nrc.next)
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| A beautiful sea | |
| view from my house on the cliff! | |
| Stop the eroding! | |
| Een prachtig zeezicht | Dieser Meerblick von |
| vanuit mijn huis op de klif! | meinem Haus auf der Klippe! |
| Stop het afkalven! | Stoppt die Erosion! |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2016-10-09
Collection: WoofWoof
