| I decide now, if | |
| that is even possible: | |
| I am not afraid! | |
| Ik besluit het nu, | Ich entscheide, wenn's |
| als dat al mogelijk is: | überhaupt möglich ist: Ich -- |
| Ik ben niet meer bang! | habe keine Angst! |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-13
A quest for reality (Frida Vogels) - 1994
The first line of the first poem, "A quest for reality", is the assignment for writing the collection, published as "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3") - 1952, Amsterdam
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| No shining armour | |
| for me, on my way to the -- | |
| fairytale castle. | |
| Zonder een wit paard | In einer kalten |
| waad ik me zelf een weg naar -- | Realität wate ich -- |
| het sprookjeskasteel. | hin zum Märchenschloss. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-28
With a photo of Paul wading through the Elz near Burg Eltz (July 2nd, 1978, Wierschem) - Not Prince Charming
Collection: Local traffic
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Paul J
| Would you lose weight if | |
| there's a deposit of your -- | |
| full year's salary? | |
| Afvallen: lukt je | Abnehmen: klappt es |
| dat tegen een borgsom van -- | mit einer Kaution, zwar die -- |
| jouw jaarsalaris? | deines Jahreslohn? |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-12
Seven kinds of hunger (Renate Dorrestein) - 2016
Novel "Zeven soorten honger", part Monday, chapter One
Collection: Local traffic
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Losing weight: fighting | |
| seven dragons, seven kinds -- | |
| of being hungry. | |
| Afvallen: zeven | Abnehmen: sieben |
| draken bevechten, zeven -- | Drachen bekämpfen, sieben -- |
| soorten van honger. | Arten von Hunger. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-12
Seven kinds of hunger (Renate Dorrestein) - 2016
Novel "Zeven soorten honger", part Monday, chapter Four
Part Tuesday, chapter Three: hunger of the eye (images of food), the nose (smells), the ear (eating and cooking sounds, talking about food), the mouth (the activity of eating), the head (conditioning to eat), the stomach (low blood sugar), the heart (emptiness)
Collection: Local traffic
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Paralysed she drags | |
| herself to the distant house -- | |
| Over golden grass. | |
| Verlamd sleept ze zich | Gelähmt schleppt sie sich |
| voort naar het verlaten huis -- | zu dem verlassenen Haus -- |
| Over gouden gras. | Durch goldenes Gras. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-28
Christina's world (1948, Andrew Wyeth)
This is my Body (Renate Dorrestein) - 1997
Novella "Want dit is mijn lichaam", the translation of the Words of Institution: "Hoc est enim Corpus Meum", chapter April
Painting "Maria's wereld", based on "Christina's world" (1948, Andrew Wyeth), being Anna Christina Olson, who was disabled by polio
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate; Wyeth, Andrew
| I was trying to | |
| pull my hand loose, but my will -- | |
| then got stuck somewhere. | |
| Ik probeer mijn hand | Ich kann meine Hand |
| los te trekken, maar mijn wil -- | nicht losziehen, mein Wille -- |
| blijft ergens steken. | hapert irgendwo. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-26
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part Two
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| I am motionless, | |
| my will is like a goshawk -- | |
| exalted and still. | |
| Ik beweeg me niet, | Ich bewege nicht |
| mijn wil is als een havik -- | mein Wille wie ein Habicht -- |
| verheven en stil. | erhoben und still. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-12
The Three Arrows (Iris Murdoch) - 1972
Play, Act Two, scene Two
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| The speaker pauses, | |
| he is impatient, but can -- | |
| force himself to wait. | |
| De spreker pauzeert, | Der Redner verstummt, |
| hij is ongeduldig, maar -- | obwohl ungeduldig, zwingt -- |
| dwingt zich te wachten. | er sich zum Warten. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-26
Frankissstein: a love story (Jeanette Winterson) - 2019
Novel, The mind is the matrix
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| He's not even scared, | |
| down here in the underworld -- | |
| What got into him? | |
| Hij is niet eens bang, | Er hat nicht einmal |
| hier in de onderwereld -- | Angst, hier in der Unterwelt -- |
| Wat bezielt hem toch? | Was ist denn mit ihm? |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-15
Chorus "Who is the bold youth?" (Ranieri de' Calzabigi / Christoph Willibald Gluck) - 1762
Chorus "Chi mai dell'Erebo" / "Quel est l'audacieux" from the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" ("Orpheus and Eurydice"), second act, first scene
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: De' Calzabigi, Ranieri
Composer: Gluck, Christoph W.
| She quickly locks - click - | |
| her little mouth and swallows -- | |
| up the little key. | |
| Gauw doet ze klikklik | Klickklick verschließt sie |
| haar mondje op slot en slikt -- | ihren kleinen Mund und schluckt -- |
| het sleuteltje door. | den kleinen Schlüssel. |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-25
I'm not there (Lize Spit) - 2020
Novel "Ik ben er niet", page 151
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize
| Their will controlled him, | |
| archangel or not, he just -- | |
| had to obey them. | |
| Hun wil bedwong hem, | Ihr Wille zwang ihn, |
| aartsengel of niet, hij moest -- | Erzengel oder nicht, er -- |
| hen gehoorzamen. | musste gehorchen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-16
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie) - 1988
Novel, chapter III. L-O-N-D-O-N §2
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| All my magic spells | |
| come from knowledge, study and -- | |
| lots of willpower. | |
| Al mijn toverkunst | Meine Zauberkunst |
| komt voort uit kennis, studie -- | kommt vom Wissen, vom Üben -- |
| en heel veel wilskracht. | und viel Willenskraft. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-19
Circe (Madeline Miller) - 2018
Novel
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Miller, Madeline
| I do, yes I do, | |
| but it has to be my way -- | |
| otherwise I'll leave. | |
| Ik wil, ja ik wil, | Ich will, ja ich will, |
| maar dan wel op mijn manier -- | wenn es auf meine Art geht -- |
| anders ga ik weg. | ansonsten ist's aus. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-24
Collection: The climbing house
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I cry with misery, inside |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-11
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| The choice you have made | |
| is the heart of the matter: | |
| your free will, acting. | |
| De kern van de zaak | Der Kern der Sache |
| is wat je gekozen hebt: | ist das, was du gewählt hast: |
| jouw wil, die handelt. | dein Wille, handelnd. |
Amsterdam, 2019-05-08
The china shop - Faxing to Ger #2 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2018
Diary-novel "De porseleinkast - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| If possible you'll | |
| succeed, the impossible -- | |
| has never happened. | |
| Het zal je lukken, | Wenn möglich schafft man |
| als het kan, iets dat niet kan -- | es, etwas Unmögliches -- |
| is nog nooit gebeurd. | ist noch nie passiert. |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-13
Threshing-floor laden with confetti (Franca Treur) - 2009
Novel "Dorsvloer vol confetti", chapter Threshing wheat
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Treur, Franca
| In bed, he torments | |
| me, but I can endure it -- | |
| and can fall asleep. | |
| Hij kwelt me in bed, | Er quält mich im Bett, |
| maar ik kan het volhouden -- | aber ich kann durchhalten -- |
| en ook inslapen. | und auch einschlafen. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-04
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - October 5th, 1977, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Can I be myself, | |
| not let go, but from now on -- | |
| just control myself? | |
| Kan ik mezelf zijn, | Kann ich ich selbst sein, |
| me niet laten gaan, mezelf -- | mich nicht gehen lassen, mich -- |
| in de hand houden? | hinfort beherrschen? |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-19
Diary 1958-1959 (Frida Vogels) - 2006
"Dagboek 1958-1959" - July 23rd, 1959, Milan
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I climb the mountain, | |
| gasp and emit vapour clouds -- | |
| on top I whistle. | |
| Ik beklim de berg, | Die Bergbesteigung: |
| stoot hijgend stoomwolken uit -- | ich stoße Dampfwolken aus -- |
| en boven fluit ik. | oben pfeife ich. |
Amsterdam, 2014-01-31
Collection: The King
| Through the shifting sand | |
| my foot steps in ice water -- | |
| but I don't turn back. | |
| Door het stuifzand heen | Durch Staubsand hindurch |
| stapt mijn voet in ijswater -- | trete ich in Eiswasser -- |
| maar ik keer niet om. | doch ich kehr nicht um. |
Amsterdam, 2012-02-13
Collection: Life line
