| They ask the writer: | |
| With how many lies have you -- | |
| shown us what is true? | |
| Men vraagt de schrijver: | Man fragt den Autor: |
| Met welke leugens laat u -- | Mit welchen Lügen zeigen -- |
| ons de waarheid zien? | Sie uns die Wahrheit? |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2026-06-05
Mr. Sludge, 'The Medium' (Robert Browning) - 1864
Conclusion of the poem from the collection "Dramatis Personae"; included as a preface to the novel "Possession, A Romance" (1990, A.S. Byatt)
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S.; Browning, Robert
| Married people know | |
| each other, able to live -- | |
| with each other's lies. | |
| Gehuwden kennen | Verheiratete |
| elkaar, ze leven samen -- | leben mit ihren Lügen -- |
| met elkaars leugens. | Gegenseitigen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-24
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part One
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Just turn the postcards | |
| around and you'll understand -- | |
| what they are hiding. | |
| Draai de briefkaarten | Dreh die Postkarten |
| rond, dan ga je begrijpen -- | um und du wirst verstehen -- |
| wat ze verbergen. | was sie verbergen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-08
The beauty of the husband (Anne Carson) - 2001
Poetic fictional essay, Tango IV
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Carson, Anne
| He whinges, but I | |
| know he is lying, maybe -- | |
| that's rather funny. | |
| Hij beklaagt zich, maar | Er beschwert sich, und |
| ik weet dat hij liegt, misschien -- | ich weiß, dass er lügt, vielleicht -- |
| is dat wel grappig. | ist das wohl lustig. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-08
The beauty of the husband (Anne Carson) - 2001
Poetic fictional essay, Tango IV
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Carson, Anne
| Your husband: rotate | |
| him and look at him closely -- | |
| See what he's hiding. | |
| Draai je echtgenoot | Dreh deinen Mann um |
| rond en bekijk hem heel goed -- | und schaue ihn genau an -- |
| Zie wat hij verbergt. | Sieh, was er verbirgt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-08
The beauty of the husband (Anne Carson) - 2001
Poetic fictional essay, Tango IV
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Carson, Anne
| Gee, where exactly | |
| are the landmines that I placed -- | |
| the lies and the truths? | |
| O jee, waar liggen | Oh je, wo liegen |
| de landmijnen, de leugens -- | die Landminen, die Lügen -- |
| en de waarheden? | und die Wahrheiten? |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-09
Vladiwostok! (P.F. Thomése) - 2007
Novel, part 3, chapter 28
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Thomése, Pieter Frans
| Phone conversation, | |
| about the locations we -- | |
| are supposedly at. | |
| Telefoongesprek, | Telefongespräch, |
| over de locaties waar -- | über Orte, an denen -- |
| we zogenaamd zijn. | wir angeblich sind. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-06
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapters December 9th, 1980, and: September 15th, 2008
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| I just can't help it, | |
| I lie because of the truth -- | |
| It's slipping away. | |
| Ik moet wel liegen, | Ich lüge, kann nicht |
| en dat komt door de waarheid -- | anders wegen der Wahrheit -- |
| Die ontglipt mij steeds. | Sie entgleitet mir. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-06
The other school - The history of a betrayal (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Novel "De andere school - De geschiedenis van een verraad", chapter 1-5 (AD 1916)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Rumours often do | |
| resemble the truth, because -- | |
| they lie next to it. | |
| Geruchten lijken | Gerüchte ähneln |
| vaak op de waarheid, omdat -- | oft der Wahrheit, bloß weil sie -- |
| ze ernaast liggen. | daneben liegen. |
Scheveningen, 2022-09-03
A pleasant postumity: letters 1965-1997 (Herman de Coninck) - 1982
Letter 34, from Herman de Coninck to Theo Sontrop, March 16th, 1982 (in "Een aangename postumiteit: brieven 1965-1997"); published in 2004
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| I'm ashamed, you can | |
| see the nipples in the lie -- | |
| of my wedding dress. | |
| Ik schaam me, je ziet | Sie schämt sich, man sieht |
| de tepels in de leugen -- | die Nippel in der Lüge -- |
| van mijn bruidsjurk. | ihres Brautkleides. |
Amsterdam, 2018-10-08
bride (Radna Fabias) - 2018
Poem "bruid" (collection "Habitus")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Fabias, Radna
| The everyday lies | |
| in any theatre play -- | |
| are very truthful. | |
| De alledaagse | Die alltäglichen |
| leugens in een toneelstuk -- | Lügen in Bühnenstücken -- |
| zijn waarheidsgetrouw. | sind wahrheitsgetreu. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-30
The sea, the sea (Iris Murdoch) - 1978
Novel
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
