| The building is full: | |
| all those pieces of clothing -- | |
| with people in it. | |
| Het gebouw is vol: | Die Hallen sind voll: |
| overal kledingstukken -- | überall Kleidungsstücke -- |
| met mensen erin. | mit Menschen darin. |
Amsterdam, 2026-07-07
A free life (Mariët Meester) - 2025
Autobiographical story "Een vrij leven", chapter X - November 1983, Apeldoorn
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Meester, Mariët
| People can be so | |
| busy, many of them are -- | |
| dropping dead like flies. | |
| Mensen zijn zo druk | Die Menschen sind so |
| dat ze erbij neervallen -- | beschäftigt, sie fallen um -- |
| als dode vliegen. | wie tote Fliegen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-07-03
A free life (Mariët Meester) - 2025
Autobiographical story "Een vrij leven", chapter III - Early 1982, Groningen
Collection: High gear
Tribute to: Meester, Mariët
| I really need to | |
| go outside and get some air -- | |
| I need the silence. | |
| Ik moet echt even | Ich muss unbedingt |
| naar buiten, even wat lucht -- | nach draußen und etwas Luft -- |
| en stilte happen. | und Stille schnappen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-11
Your lace may be loose (Marcel van Roosmalen) - 2023
Family hustle and bustle
Column "Je veter zit misschien los" (in NRC, December 11th, 2023)
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Van Roosmalen, Marcel
| You are here with me | |
| and the world is everywhere -- | |
| You can talk through it. | |
| Jij bent hier bij mij, | Du bist hier bei mir |
| de wereld is overal -- | und die Welt ist überall -- |
| Praat er maar doorheen. | Spreche einfach durch. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-09
Say only a word (Annija Zarina) - 2023
Composition for large ensemble, performed by Orchestra De Ereprijs in the Organpark on December 9th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Zarina, Annija
| Street noise, the cities, | |
| and the lost paradise crashed -- | |
| up into the air. | |
| Rumoer, de steden, | Umtrieb, die Städte, |
| het verloren paradijs -- | Verlorenes Paradies -- |
| de lucht in gestort. | in die Luft gestürzt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-22
Cities (Arthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten) - 1875
Prose poem "Villes" (collection "Les Illuminations"), set to music in 1938-1939 by Benjamin Britten (opus 18)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Rimbaud, Arthur
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
| Around me ripples | |
| the fuss of everyday life -- | |
| swelling, receding. | |
| Om mij heen kabbelt | Der rege Alltag |
| drukte, dagelijks leven -- | kräuselt sich um mich herum -- |
| aanzwellend, wijkend. | schwellend, nachlassend. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-29
A Day (George Dimitriu) - 2023
Composition, performed in the Organpark on September 29th, 2023, by the Blink Quartet (George Dimitriu, Geerte de Koe, Yanna Pelser, Pau Sola Masafrets)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Dimitriu, George
| Do I exist here? | |
| So crowded are all the streets -- | |
| So bright is the sun. | |
| Besta ik hier wel? | Bin ich wirklich da? |
| Zo druk zijn alle straten -- | So voll sind alle Straße -- |
| Zo vol schijnt de zon. | So hell die Sonne. |
Ufhusen, 2017-08-21
I see Italy as a light place (Frida Vogels) - 2005
Poem "Ik zie Italië als een lichte plek", published in "Diary 1954-1957" - September 28th, 1954 in Paris, where she feels cornered and dreams of a better life in Milan
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| New York, the people | |
| are busy, the sleepy tide -- | |
| carries the free gulls. | |
| New York, de mensen | New York, die Leute |
| zijn druk, het tij slaapt en draagt -- | sind flott, die Flut schläft und trägt -- |
| de vrije meeuwen. | die freien Möwen. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-04
East River (Jack Kerouac) - 1953
Poem (collection "Book of sketches", published in 2006)
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| People and clouds race | |
| each other, they have no time -- | |
| for a rain shower. | |
| Mensen en wolken | Menschen und Wolken |
| snellen om het hardst voorbij: | eilen vorbei: keine Zeit -- |
| geen tijd voor regen. | für einen Schauer. |
Amsterdam, 2012-03-03
Collection: Local traffic
| The mother juggles | |
| with her baby and her purse: | |
| my street theatre. | |
| De moeder jongleert | Die Mutter jongliert |
| met haar baby en haar tas: | mit Baby und Handtasche: |
| mijn straattheater. | Straßentheater. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-13
Collection: Changing Times
