| My father has looked | |
| at these nude magazines, so -- | |
| now I can't do that. | |
| Deze blootfoto's | Vater hat sich die |
| heeft vader bekeken, dus -- | Nacktfotos angesehen -- |
| kan ik dat niet doen. | und deshalb ich nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-03
My struggle 4. Dancing in the Dark (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2010
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Fjerde bok", part 5 - August 23rd, 1985, Tveit (near Kristiansand)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I blush with gays and | |
| it makes me look like one. Then -- | |
| I blush even more. | |
| Ik bloos van homo's | Ich erröte vor |
| en zo lijk ik er ook een -- | Schwulen, wie ein Schwuler. Das -- |
| Dan bloos ik nog meer. | macht mich noch röter. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-03
My struggle 4. Dancing in the Dark (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2010
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Fjerde bok", part 5 - Autumn 1985, Tveit
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| He sings about me, | |
| about my desperation -- | |
| Everyone hears it. | |
| Hij zingt over mij, | Er singt über mich, |
| mijn twijfels en mijn wanhoop -- | über meine Verzweiflung -- |
| Iedereen hoort het. | Und jeder hört es. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-01
Killing me softly with his song (Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel / Charles Fox) - 1972
Song (Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel, music Charles Fox), sung in 1973 by Roberta Flack (album "Killing me softly with his song")
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Gimbel, Norman; Flack, Roberta
| Well, when would one be | |
| too old to do that, kissing -- | |
| under a shelter? | |
| Och, wanneer ben je | Na ja, wann ist man |
| te oud om te staan kussen -- | zu alt, um sich zu küssen -- |
| onder een abri? | unter dem Schirmdach? |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-21
Under the bushel (Maarten 't Hart) - 1991
Novel "Onder de korenmaat", chapter 10
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: T Hart, Maarten
| The red mark of shame | |
| from a blow to the face won't -- | |
| fade that easily. | |
| De schaamrode plek | Der schamrote Fleck |
| van een klap in je gezicht -- | eines Schlages ins Gesicht -- |
| vervaagt niet zo gauw. | erblasst nicht so leicht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-12
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 4, chapter 10 The Woman in the Veil (burqa)
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| People don't want to | |
| see the barbarities, they -- | |
| are ashamed of them. | |
| De mensen willen | Die Menschen wollen |
| de barbaarsheden niet zien -- | die Barbarei nicht sehen -- |
| Men schaamt zich ervoor. | Man schämt sich dafür. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-12
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 4, chapter 10 The Woman in the Veil (burqa)
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| That all this happens, | |
| in my city, my country -- | |
| How ashamed I am! | |
| Dat dit allemaal | Das das ja passiert, |
| gebeurt, in mijn stad, mijn land -- | in meiner Stadt, meinem Land -- |
| Oh, wat schaam ik me! | Wie schäme ich mich! |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-10
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, especially part 2, chapter 4 Behind the Screen, and chapter 6 Affairs of Honour
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I am so ashamed | |
| of the nature of people -- | |
| Am I one of them? | |
| Steeds weer schaam ik me | Ich schäme mich so |
| voor de aard van de mensen -- | für die Natur der Menschen -- |
| Hoor ik daar echt bij? | Bin ich genauso? |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-10
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 3, chapter 7 Blushing
Sufiya Zenobia Hyder is so pure that she constantly blushes out of shame
Pakistan = Land of the Paks, the Clean People / Pure People (pious people)
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| News is delivered, | |
| then there is deathly silence -- | |
| Silence of defeat. | |
| Er komt nieuws binnen | Es gibt Nachrichten |
| en het blijft stil, het zwijgen -- | und dann Stille, das Schweigen -- |
| na een nederlaag. | der Niederlage. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-10
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 2, chapter 5 The wrong miracle
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| You get used to it, | |
| everywhere there is something -- | |
| you are ashamed of. | |
| Och, je went er aan, | Man gewöhnt sich dran, |
| want overal is er iets -- | überall gibt es etwas -- |
| waarvoor je je schaamt. | wofür man sich schämt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-08
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 1, chapter 2 A Necklace of Shoes
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| People are laughing, | |
| maybe about me, about -- | |
| something I didn't say? | |
| Er wordt gelachen, | Die Leute lachen, |
| misschien om mij, om iets dat -- | worüber? Etwas, das ich -- |
| ik niet heb gezegd? | nicht gesagt habe? |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-09
All around him they are (Ed Leeflang) - 1982
Poem "Overal om hem heen zijn ze" (collection "Op Pennewips plek")
Community for young people with an intellectual disability
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Leeflang, Ed
| On the set, I eat | |
| brownie crumbs, in the movie -- | |
| I've shit in my mouth. | |
| Op de set eet ik | Am Filmset esse |
| browniekruimels, in de film -- | ich Brownie-Krümel, im Film -- |
| zit mijn mond vol stront. | esse ich Scheiße. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-22
Munya (Abdelkader Benali) - 2008
Being an extra
Novel, chapter Morocco
Munya = Wish/Desire/ What is longed for permanently even though it is very difficult to get
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Benali, Abdelkader
| She pulls her dress up | |
| to her face and then freezes -- | |
| hiding it in shame. | |
| Ze trekt haar jurk op | Sie zieht ihr Kleid hoch |
| tot haar gezicht en houdt het -- | bis ans Gesicht, erstarrt und -- |
| beschaamd verborgen. | verbirgt es vor Scham. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-01
The Cover-up (Marlene Dumas) - 1994
Painting
Collection: Imprints Masks
Tribute to: Dumas, Marlene
|
You disappointed us |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-08
Bashfulness (Marlene Dumas) - 1991
Painting "Schaammeisje" ("Shame girl")
Athens: Parthenon = Virgin's room, the temple of Athena Parthenos (Virgin Athena), next to the temple of virgins with six Caryatids (women from Karyes), which is called Erechtheion
Collection: Froend
Tribute to: Dumas, Marlene
| I'm ashamed, for me, | |
| and for my mother, she writes -- | |
| also about me. | |
| Ik schaam me, voor mij, | Sie schämt sich, für sich, |
| en voor mijn moeder, zij schrijft -- | und ihre Mutter, die schreibt -- |
| soms ook over mij. | manchmal über sie. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-09
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
Tale, part 1 § 7, "Chapter sixteen"
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| We were once ashamed | |
| together, now I'm ashamed -- | |
| of you, against you. | |
| Vroeger schaamden we | Früher schämten wir |
| ons samen, nu schaam ik mij -- | uns beide, jetzt schäm ich mich -- |
| voor jou, tegen jou. | für dich, gegen dich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-11
A Woman's Battles and Transformations (Édouard Louis) - 2021
Memoirs-novel "Combat et métamorphoses d'une femme", § III
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Édouard Louis
| 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
| Shame on me, I thought, | |
| and yet I couldn't help but snort -- | |
| with laughter again. | |
| O, dacht ik, ik moet | Schäm dich! dachte ich, |
| me schamen en weer schoot ik -- | aber gleich brach ich wieder -- |
| proestend in de lach. | in Gelächter aus. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-31
The twelve letters (Luigi Pirandello) - 1897
Story "Le dodici lettere"
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| It is just broken, | |
| but no one said anything -- | |
| that is the bad thing. | |
| Het is slechts kapot, | Es ist nur kaputt, |
| maar niemand heeft iets gezegd -- | aber niemand hat's gesagt -- |
| dat is het erge. | das ist das schlimmste. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-01
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 217, Maarten Koning (, Tjitske van den Akker and Joop Schenk) (1973)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| My ex is a friend, | |
| with whom I am less ashamed -- | |
| than with my sweetheart. | |
| Mijn ex is een vriend, | Doch, mit meinem Ex |
| bij wie ik me minder schaam -- | schäme ich mich weniger -- |
| dan bij mijn liefste. | als mit meinem Schatz. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-05
A pleasant postumity: letters 1965-1997 (Herman de Coninck) - 1995
Letter 337, from Herman de Coninck to Simone Reynders, October 24th, 1995 (in "Een aangename postumiteit: brieven 1965-1997"); published in 2004
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| Shame is having fear | |
| of something ordinary -- | |
| that is a secret. | |
| Schaamte is bang zijn | Scham ist eine Angst |
| voor iets gewoons van jezelf -- | vor etwas ganz Normales -- |
| dat nog geheim is. | das noch geheim ist. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-29
Please, take a look at this girl (Gerrit Krol)
About shame (Gerrit Krol) - 1970
Poems "Kijk 's naar dit meisje" and "Over de schaamte" (collection "Over het uittrekken van een broek")
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit
| The very point is: | |
| you must write, raw and naked -- | |
| and postpone your shame. | |
| Waar het om gaat, is: | Es geht darum: schreib, |
| schrijf, schrijf rauw en naakt, en stel -- | schreib roh und nackt, und schiebe -- |
| je schaamte steeds uit. | deine Scham stets auf. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-17
What is it about (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Poem "Waar gaat het om" (collection "Glas tussen ons")
Collections: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost, WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| My reputation, | |
| I am terribly ashamed -- | |
| of it, my good name. | |
| Ach, mijn goede naam, | Mein guter Name, |
| wat schaam ik me ontzettend -- | wie schrecklich schäme ich mich -- |
| voor mijn goede naam. | für meinen Namen. |
Amsterdam, 2018-09-14
In the street of the tavern (Hafez) - 1350
Ghazal (Ode) 47
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Hafez
| Shame enfolds my Soul | |
| against Eyes full of danger -- | |
| with nature's Pink Veils. | |
| Schaamte hult mijn Ziel | Scham hüllt die Seele |
| tegen Ogen vol gevaar -- | vor Augen voller Gefahr -- |
| in Roze Sluiers. | in Rosa Schleier. |
Amsterdam, 2015-06-11
Shame is de shawl of Pink (Emily Dickinson) - 1877
Poem
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| The clown only laughs | |
| at me, still I feel ashamed -- | |
| not to laugh as well. | |
| De clown lacht zomaar | Der Clown lacht einfach |
| om mij en toch schaam ik me -- | über mich, ich schäme mich -- |
| niet mee te lachen. | nicht mit zu lachen. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-10
Collection: Webgarden
|
Nice man |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2008-12-28
Collection: Moons
Dedicated to: C W
