| My body resides | |
| in my soul; it's leaving now -- | |
| Already half gone. | |
| Mijn lichaam bewoont | Mein Körper bewohnt |
| mijn ziel, en maakt zich nu los -- | meine Seele, und löst sich -- |
| Het is al half weg. | nun, ist schon halb weg. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-27
The Ferry (Martinus Nijhoff) - 1931
Poem "Het veer", collection "Nieuwe gedichten" ("New poems")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Nijhoff, Martinus
| Our unborn brother | |
| has been absorbed by us... Still -- | |
| his soul speaks to us. | |
| Ons ongeboren | Brüderchen wurde |
| broertje is geabsorbeerd -- | von uns im Schoß absorbiert... |
| door ons... Zijn ziel roept. | Seine Seele ruft. |
Schin op Geul, 2025-09-04
Jumping beans (Wanda Bommer) - 2017
Novel "Springbonen", a.o. part 1: 'Three', page 86; part 3: 'One', pages 207, 214-215
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Bommer, Wanda
| More infinite than | |
| deep space I experience -- | |
| the depth of my soul. | |
| Oneindiger dan | Tief, unendlicher |
| de ruimte ervaar ik de -- | als der Weltraum erfahre -- |
| diepte van mijn ziel. | ich meine Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-02
There is a solitude of space (Emily Dickinson) - 1914
Poem, Johnson #1695 - "A soul admitted to itself"
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| The soul, like a well, | |
| reflects heaven, it is deep -- | |
| Unfathomable. | |
| De ziel weerspiegelt | Die Seele wider- |
| als een put de hemel, diep -- | spiegelt den Himmel, sie ist -- |
| is ze, onpeilbaar. | tief und bodenlos. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-23
A Pit - but Heaven over it (Emily Dickinson) - 1854
Poem (J1712, F508)
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| Kissing I slide down | |
| over his tongue into his -- | |
| soul, and feel his fear. | |
| Kussend glijd ik roetsj | Küssend gleite ich |
| over zijn tong zijn ziel in -- | in seine Seele und ich -- |
| en ik voel zijn angst. | spüre seine Angst. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-24
He can come (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2012
Poem "Hij mag mee", collection "Hoi feest" ("Hi party")
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| Love and passion die | |
| with my body: who then is -- | |
| my eternal soul? | |
| Liefde en hartstocht | Liebe, Leidenschaft, |
| sterven met mijn lichaam: wie -- | stirbt mit meinem Körper: wer -- |
| ben ik dan als ziel? | bin ich als Seele? |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-14
Life goes by (Iacopo Cassetti / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1716
Air "Transit aetas" from the oratorio "Juditha triumphans" ("Judith triumphant", RV 644), 2nd part - Judith
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Cassetti, Iacopo
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| Bitter is my soul | |
| now that it is leaving me -- | |
| for eternity. | |
| Bitter is mijn ziel | Bitter ist meine |
| nu ze mij gaat verlaten -- | Seele, sie verlässt mich bald -- |
| voor het eeuwige. | für die Ewigkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-12
Sour Drops (Nicola F. Haym / Georg Friedrich Händel) - 1728
Air "Stille amare" (based on the libretto of the opera "Tolomeo et Alessandro" [1711, Carolo S. Capece, music Domenico Scarlatti], music Georg Friedrich Händel, HWV25), from the opera "Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto" ("Ptolemy, King of Egypt"), 3rd act - Pharao Ptolemy IX Lathyros
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Rossi, Giacomo; Capece, Carolo S.
Composer: Handel, Georg Friedrich
| Come into my arms, | |
| leave your body, discover -- | |
| the soul of your soul. | |
| Kom in mijn armen, | Komm mal, entdecke |
| verlaat je lichaam, ontdek -- | die Seele deiner Seele -- |
| de ziel van je ziel. | in meinen Armen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-10
10 textures and 3 chorales (Amarante Nat) - 2025
Composition "10 textures and 3 chorales", for hyperorgan, performed on May 10th, 2025 in the Organpark by Amarante Nat
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Nat, Amarante
| She is very mean | |
| and wears black clothes all the time -- | |
| as black as her soul. | |
| Ze is gemeen en | Sie ist gemein und |
| draagt altijd zwarte kleren -- | immer in Schwarz gekleidet -- |
| zo zwart als haar ziel. | wie ihre Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-27
Tanglewreck (Jeanette Winterson) - 2006
Novel, chapter 2 The Visitor
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Our souls are not whole, | |
| they are split, in other words -- | |
| they're schizophrenic. | |
| Onze zielen zijn | Unsere Seelen |
| geen geheel, gespleten -- | sind kein Ganzes, gespalten -- |
| Dat heet schizofreen. | Das heißt schizophren. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-22
The rescue of Fré Bolderhey (Simon Vestdijk) - 1946
The imperfection of the individual souls in which the human soul manifests itself, in feeling quite little connected to each other
According to the ancient Greeks, the (separating, splitting) diaphragm was the seat of the soul
Novel "De redding van Fré Bolderhey" (published 1948), chapter 10
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Poets are masters | |
| who, on wings of words, pass on -- | |
| the breath of the soul. | |
| Dichters zijn meesters | Dichter sind Meister, |
| die op vleugels van woorden -- | die auf Flügeln von Worten -- |
| de ziel doorgeven. | die Seele teilen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-12
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Poetess Werewere Liking (Cameroon 1950) recites a poem in Kita (Mali)
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Five)
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| From the beginning | |
| they seek us, running, sniffing: | |
| the poor human souls. | |
| Van oudsher zoeken | Seit jeher suchen |
| ze ons, rennend, snuffelend: | sie uns, rennend und schnüffelnd: |
| de mensenzielen. | die Menschenseelen |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-28
The dogs (Lars Gustafsson) - 1980
Poem "Hundarna" (collection "Fåglarna")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gustafsson, Lars
| Let me think, am I | |
| lived, like an empty inside -- | |
| heartless and soulless? | |
| Word ik soms geleefd, | Werde ich gelebt, |
| als een lege binnenkant -- | wie ein leeres Inneres -- |
| harteloos, zielloos? | herzlos, seelenlos? |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-07
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami) - 2006
Collection of short stories (2006, Haruki Murakami
Animated film (2022, Pierre Földes)
Collection: Local traffic
Tribute to: Murakami, Haruki; Foldes, Pierre
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Thousands of slaves of The Saviour run |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-20
"Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo" (CECOT, "Terrorism Confinement Center") in Tecoluca (El Salvador), February 24th, 2023
Crown chakra "Sahasrara" ("Thousand-petalled")
Collection: Greeting from before
| Our unconscious mind | |
| is very dark, so we dream -- | |
| of the dawn of day. | |
| Ons onbewuste | Das Unbewusste |
| is duister, dus dromen we -- | ist finster, stets träumen wir -- |
| van de dageraad. | vom Tagesanbruch. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-29
Foreword (Friedrich Nietzsche) - 1881
Vorrede zum Buch "Morgenröte. Gedanken über die moralischen Vorurteile" (Foreword to the book "The Dawn of Day - Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality")
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Nietzsche, Friedrich
| The melancholy | |
| that it's true, the earth is small -- | |
| but our soul is not. | |
| De melancholie | Die Melancholie, |
| dat de aarde wel klein is -- | die Erde sei klein, doch nicht -- |
| maar onze ziel niet. | unsere Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-16
Solution: geography (Luigi Pirandello) - 1920
Story "Rimedio: la geografia"
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| I play this ballad | |
| every day, it's the tuning -- | |
| fork of my spirit. | |
| Deze ballade | Diese Ballade |
| speel ik iedere ochtend: | spiele ich als Stimmgabel -- |
| stemvork van mijn ziel. | für meiner Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-30
Ballad No. 4 (Frédéric Chopin) - 1842
Composition for piano, performed by Samuel Vriezen in the Organpark on October 30th, 2022
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Chopin, Frederic
| Vibrating around | |
| the bow- and harp-strings: the souls -- | |
| of the listeners. | |
| Om strijkstok- en harp- | Um die Bogen- und |
| snaren trillen de zielen -- | Harfe-Saiten schweben die -- |
| van de luisteraars. | Seelen der Hörer. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-22
Occam XIV (Éliane Radigue) - 2017
Composition for harp (2017, Éliane Radigue), at the premiere in Paris on April 26th, 2017 and in the Organpark on October 22nd, 2022 performed by Hélène Breschand
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
| Hips are everything | |
| between them, the flowering -- | |
| of the human soul. | |
| Heupen zijn alles | Hüften sind alles |
| wat ertussen zit, de bloei -- | dazwischen, der Blütenstand -- |
| van de mensenziel. | der Menschenseele. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-21
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros) - 1984
Book, chapter "Hips"
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
Tribute to: Cisneros, Sandra
| Then, at the abyss, | |
| a flame shoots up from us, licked -- | |
| by the total fire. | |
| Aan de afgrond schiet | Am Abgrund spritzt uns |
| een vlam uit ons op, gelikt -- | eine Flamme raus, geleckt -- |
| door het totaalvuur. | vom Gesamtfeuer. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-14
Do you remember? (Peter Verhelst) - 2014
Poem "Weet je nog?" (collection "Wij totale vlam")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Verhelst, Peter
| Like dust particles, | |
| that's how our souls are dancing -- | |
| Can you see it now? | |
| Stofjes in zonlicht, | Unsere Seele |
| zo dansen onze zielen -- | tanzen wie Staubpartikel -- |
| Zie jij het nu ook? | Siehst du es nun auch? |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-28
Quatrain "Daylight, full of small dancing particles" (Muhammad Rumi) - 1250
Ghazal 171 "A great wagon" part 5
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Rumi, Mohamed
| In all its colours, | |
| life keeps unfolding in us -- | |
| deep within our soul. | |
| In al zijn kleuren | Das Leben faltet |
| plooit het leven zich in ons -- | Farben in unsren Augen -- |
| diep in onze ziel. | in unsrer Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-07
Baby (Gustav Klimt) - 1917
Painting of a baby in the cradle
At the birth of Harper Elizabeth Engwerda on September 14th, 2021
Collection: web tissue
Tribute to: Klimt, Gustav
| Very many eye | |
| blinks experienced in one -- | |
| one person of bronze. | |
| Honderden ogen- | Sehr viele Augen- |
| blikken beleef ik in één -- | blicke, erlebt in éinem -- |
| in één mens van brons. | éinem Bronze-Mensch. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-04
Visual artist Lotta Blokker
"Lotta Blokker - The Hour of the Wolf" (2015, Frans Weisz)
Collection: Take a picture, now
Tribute to: Blokker, Lotta
| Body expansion | |
| fills you up and makes you ill: | |
| your soul suffocates. | |
| Een uitdijend lijf | Körperausdehnung |
| vult je op en maakt je ziek: | füllt dich auf und macht dich krank: |
| het verstikt je ziel. | die Seele erstickt. |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-21
Letter 15 about ethics to Lucilius (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) - 62
Letter 15
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
| I live healthily | |
| because I want to be more -- | |
| than just my body. | |
| Ik leef erg gezond | Ich lebe gesund, |
| omdat ik heel graag meer wil -- | ich will unbedingt mehr sein -- |
| zijn dan mijn lichaam. | als meinen Körper. |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-20
Letter 14 about ethics to Lucilius (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) - 62
Letter 14
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
| Do treat your body | |
| a bit, so that it follows -- | |
| the plans of your soul. | |
| Verwen je lichaam | Verwöhne deinen |
| met mate, zodat het volgt -- | Körper in Maßen, damit -- |
| wat je ziel wil doen. | er der Seele folgt. |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-18
Letter 8 about ethics to Lucilius (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) - 62
Letter 8
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
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To understand what is going on |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-12
Collection: Short Sermons
| The human soul needs | |
| no words for its languages -- | |
| love, care, and music. | |
| Woorden heeft de ziel | Der Geist braucht keine |
| niet nodig voor haar talen -- | Worte für seine Sprachen -- |
| liefde en muziek. | Liebe und Musik. |
Amsterdam, 2018-03-23
Collection: The light of words
| No one is alone, | |
| mankind's soul is home for you -- | |
| Welcome, namasté. | |
| Niemand is alleen, | Du bist zu Hause, |
| de mensziel is ook jouw thuis -- | in der Seele der Menschheit -- |
| Welkom, namasté. | Grüße, Namasté. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-01-29
Collection: web tissue
|
Sex is nature, the soul |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-22
Collection: Metamorphic body
| The city: facades | |
| of former beauty, facades -- | |
| of its former soul. | |
| De stad: façades | Die Stadt: Fassaden |
| van haar vroegere schoonheid -- | einstiger Schönheit, ihrer -- |
| haar vroegere ziel. | einstigen Seele. |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-12
The Office - Dirty hands (Han Voskuil) - 1996
Novel "Het Bureau - Vuile handen" - May 22nd, 1971
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Ah, an accident: | |
| bump, dirty coat, and the worst -- | |
| the offended soul. | |
| Ach, een ongeluk: | Ein Unfall: Beule |
| buil, vuile jas, en het ergst -- | Beschmutzung, und das Schlimmste -- |
| de gekwetste ziel. | Seeleverletzung. |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-25
Sir Bumble and The Quips (Marten Toonder) - 1972
Comic strip #138 - Heer Bommel en De Kwinkslagen (tiers 7381-7441), tier 7398
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| I've got everything, | |
| my soul must be here as well -- | |
| or do I see spooks? | |
| Ik heb alles, hier | Meine Seele muss |
| moet mijn ziel ook ergens zijn -- | hier irgendwo sein, oder -- |
| of zie ik spoken? | seh ich Gespenster? |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-02
Tom Puss and The Ghost of Bumble Castle (Marten Toonder) - 1975
Comis strip #148 - Tom Poes en Het Spook van Bommelstein (tiers 8130-8189), tier 8138
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
