| Don not delay, take | |
| responsibility for -- | |
| your deeds and did-nots. | |
| Stel het niet uit, leg | Warte nicht, über- |
| voor wat je deed en naliet -- | nehme für deine Taten -- |
| verantwoording af. | die Verantwortung. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-14
Music for a while (Henry Purcell) - 1692
Song (Z 583 #2), composed for the play "Oedipus: A Tragedy" (1679) by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee (3rd act, 1st scene)
Collection: Known
Composer: Purcell, Henry
| I'd like to invent | |
| a board game with bad luck points -- | |
| if you were to lose. | |
| Ik wil een bordspel | Ich möchte ein Spiel |
| bedenken met pechpunten -- | mit Pech-Punkten erfinden -- |
| bij dreigend verlies. | dann verliert niemand. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-08
Without mercy (Renate Dorrestein) - 2001
Novel "Zonder genade" (translation 2004), part 3, 'Ga Terug Naar Af' ('Back To Square One'), chapter 'Wat Phinus bereikt' ('What Phinus achieves')
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| I will drive away | |
| tyranny, law and justice -- | |
| I will soon restore. | |
| De tirannie zal | Die Tyrannei ver- |
| ik verdrijven, wet en recht -- | treiben, Gesetze und Recht -- |
| zal ik herstellen. | wiederherstellen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-21
The tyrant's fate is unfavourable (Domenico Lalli / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1716
Air "La tiranna avversa sorte" (RV 700), from the opera "Arsilda, regina di Ponto", 1st act, 7th scene - Tamese, king of Cilicia
Song "Wilhelmus" (text 1570), since 1932 the Dutch national anthem; 6th verse: 'That I may remain pious, your servant at all times, to drive out the tyranny that wounds my heart'
Collection: May the Might
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
| Empathy falls short, | |
| without taking real action -- | |
| injustice remains. | |
| Empathie is nooit | Empathie reicht nie |
| genoeg, zonder actie blijft -- | aus, ohne Aktion bleibt die -- |
| het onrecht bestaan. | Ungerechtigkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-30
Persians, Triumph of Empathy (Aischylos / Chokri Ben Chikha) - 2025
Play "Perzen, Triomf van Empathie" (472 BC, Aeschylus / 2025, Chokri Ben Chikha, played by Action Zoo Humain and NT Gent)
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Aischylos; Ben Chikha, Chokri
| She doesn't even know | |
| whether she prefers justice -- | |
| or bloody revenge. | |
| Ze is onzeker | Sie weiß nicht einmal, |
| of zij gerechtigheid wil -- | ob sie ja Gerechtigkeit -- |
| of bloedige wraak. | oder Rache will. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-19
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Kashmira, § 1
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| All virtues are bright, | |
| but justice mixes things up -- | |
| into a brown truth. | |
| Deugden zijn helder, | Tugenden sind hell, |
| maar gerechtigheid mengt bruin -- | Gerechtigkeit mischt alles -- |
| alles door elkaar. | braun durcheinander. |
Amsterdam, 2021-07-11
Nuns and Soldiers (Iris Murdoch) - 1980
Novel
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Winning a court case | |
| is unbearable: others -- | |
| are forced to suffer. | |
| Een rechtszaak winnen | Recht zu haben ist |
| is ondraaglijk: anderen -- | unerträglich: andere -- |
| moeten dan boeten. | müssen dann büßen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-27
Sir Bumble and The Thinktank (Marten Toonder) - 1978
Comic strip #159 - "Heer Bommel en De Denktank", tier 096
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
