| I comfort myself | |
| with discounted chocolates -- | |
| for Valentine's Day. | |
| Ik troost mezelf maar | So tröste ich mich |
| met afgeprijsde bonbons -- | mit Angebotspralinen -- |
| van valentijnsdag. | von Valentinstag. |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-21
all the sad left over valentine candy (Jon Nakapalau) (2020)
Poem (AllPoetry.com)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: wish (thought)
Keyword: Comfort
Tribute to: Nakapalau, Jon
| Familiar and close | |
| is the body of a friend -- | |
| right from the first time. | |
| Vertrouwd en intiem | Vertraut und intim |
| is het lichaam van een vriend -- | sind die Körper von Freunden -- |
| al de eerste keer. | schon beim ersten Mal. |
Amsterdam, 2020-05-02
In dream a man walked (Willem Thies) (2020)
Inspired by "Resort" (1962, George Oppen)
(Collection "")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Friendship:
Tribute to: Thies, Willem
Tribute to: Oppen, George
| Not to know myself, | |
| to keep surprising myself -- | |
| yes, that's what I love! | |
| Mezelf niet kennen, | Mich nicht zu kennen, |
| mezelf blijven verrassen -- | mich noch zu überraschen -- |
| ja, daar houd ik van! | ja, das liebe ich! |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-10
Vanishing point (Wytske Versteeg) (2020)
Story "Verdwijnpunt"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: for yourself
Tribute to: Versteeg, Wytske
| She has packed her things, | |
| she is the moon with the sun -- | |
| shining in her eyes. | |
| Ze pakt haar spullen, | Sie verabschiedet |
| ze is de maan met de zon -- | sich, mein Mond mit der Sonne -- |
| in haar ogen. | in ihren Augen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-02
Shattered Ground (Nick Cave and Warren Ellis) (2021)
Song (album "Carnage")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Goodbye: leaving
Tribute to: Cave, Nick
Tribute to: Ellis, Warren
| Juliet sends me | |
| very special secret love | |
| letters, without text. | |
| Julia stuurt mij | Julia schickt mir |
| heel erg geheime liefdes- | extra geheime Liebes- |
| brieven, zonder tekst. | briefe, ohne Text. |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-19
Always never (Jordi Lafebre) (2020)
Romeo and Juliet
Comic strip "Malgré tout"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: play
Tribute to: Lafebre, Jordi
| I'm wearing flowers, | |
| coarse, prickly, it doesn't matter -- | |
| I want to bleed them. | |
| Ik draag graag bloemen, | Ich trage gerne |
| ruw, stekelig, maakt niet uit -- | Blumen, stachelig, egal -- |
| ik laat ze bloeden. | ich lass sie bluten. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-24
Flowers (Amina Belôrf) (2020)
Poem "Bloemen" (collection "Zonder het licht te breken")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Life: lust (take pains)
Tribute to: Belorf, Amina
| After a few years, | |
| his love is dull, his smell not -- | |
| pleasant anymore. | |
| Na een paar jaren | Seine Liebe ist |
| is zijn liefde saai, zijn geur -- | nun langweilig, sein Geruch -- |
| niet aangenaam meer. | nicht mehr angenehm. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-26
Expectations (Thomas Heerma van Voss) (2022)
Story "Verwachtingen" (collection "Passagiers/achterblijvers")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: change / end
Tribute to: Heerma van Voss, Thomas
| I feel too little, | |
| every time I meet a girl -- | |
| and I feel too much. | |
| Ik voel te weinig | Ich fühl zu wenig, |
| wanneer ik meisjes ontmoet -- | wenn ich Mädchen treffe, und -- |
| en ik voel te veel. | ich fühle zu viel. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-26
Expectations (Thomas Heerma van Voss) (2022)
Story "Verwachtingen" (collection "Passagiers/achterblijvers")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Contact: beginning
Tribute to: Heerma van Voss, Thomas
| Yet what does it mean | |
| that you have taken my hands -- | |
| in yours just like that? | |
| Wat betekent het, | Was bedeutet es, |
| dat jij mijn handen zomaar -- | dass du meine Hände nur -- |
| in de jouwe neemt? | so in deine nimmst? |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-26
Expectations (Thomas Heerma van Voss) (2022)
Story "Verwachtingen" (collection "Passagiers/achterblijvers")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Communication: body language
Tribute to: Heerma van Voss, Thomas
| Love you too, you say. | |
| It sounds like an echo, like -- | |
| something from the past. | |
| Ik ook van jou, zeg | Ich dich auch, sagst du. |
| jij; het klinkt als een echo -- | Es klingt wie ein Echo, wie -- |
| als iets van vroeger. | die Vergangenheit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-31
Villa Ada (Jens Christian Grøndahl) (2020)
Story, § 2
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Goodbye: gradual
Tribute to: Grondahl, Jens Christian
| Please come with your Skin | |
| to my Body, the Temple -- | |
| of the Sacred Touch. | |
| Kom je, met jouw Huid | Komm mit deiner Haut |
| naar mijn Lichaam, de Tempel -- | zu meinem Körper, Tempel -- |
| van het aanraken? | der Berührungen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-28
House (Johanna Pas) (2023)
Poem "Huis" (collection "WAS of hoe ik mijn huid verloor")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Contact: touch(ed)
Tribute to: Pas, Johanna
| Still, twisted people | |
| do know what love is about -- | |
| their own twisted love. | |
| Verknipte mensen | Auch die verdrehte |
| weten best wat liefde is -- | Leute kennen die Liebe -- |
| verknipte liefde. | verdrehte Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-17
Cocoon (Zhang Yueran) (2022)
Novel
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: flawed/doubt/powerless
Tribute to: Yueran, Zhang
| I think of us and | |
| digest our love into some- | |
| thing invisible. | |
| Ik denk nog aan ons | Ich denke an uns |
| en verteer onze liefde -- | und verzehr unser Glück, bis -- |
| tot iets onzichtbaars. | es unsichtbar wird. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-11
writing retreat (Antjie Krog) (2022)
Poem (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Sadness: process
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| Your heart, being soft, | |
| and your words, being severe: | |
| a safe house for me. | |
| Jouw hart, dat zacht is, | Dein Herz, das weich ist, |
| en jouw woorden, die hard zijn: | deine Worte, die hart sind: |
| mijn veilige huis. | mein sicheres Haus. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-11
that's when I'm away from you (Antjie Krog) (2022)
Poem "dis wanneer ek weg van jou is" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: care
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| I have need of you, | |
| I snuggle up against you -- | |
| I don't think ahead. | |
| Ik heb jou nodig, | Ich hab dich nötig, |
| ik vlij me tegen jou aan -- | ich schmiege mich an dich und -- |
| ik denk niet vooruit. | denke nicht voraus. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-11
that's when I'm away from you (Antjie Krog) (2022)
Poem "dis wanneer ek weg van jou is" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: care
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| I choose the wrong cake, | |
| and then it started: the Great -- | |
| Cardamom Quarrel. | |
| Ik koos het gebak | Weil ich das Gebäck |
| verkeerd, en toen: de Grote -- | falsch gewählt hab: der Große -- |
| Kardemomruzie. | Kardamomdisput. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-14
An empty head (Frank Huiskamp) (2023)
Column "Een leeg hoofd" / "Een vakantie als exposuretherapie, de psycholoog zou trots zijn" ("An empty head" / "A holiday as exposure therapy, the psychologist would be proud", in NRC, August 14th, 2023)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Quarrel
Tribute to: Huiskamp, Frank
| Our sex, enticing | |
| my honey and sensual -- | |
| your trembling pressure. | |
| Onze seks, lokkend | Unser Sex, lockend |
| mijn honing en wellustig -- | mein Honig und wolllüstig -- |
| jouw trillende dwang. | dein zitternder Zwang. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-14
that's when I remember us (Antjie Krog) (2022)
Poem "dis wanneer ek ons onthou" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Desire: lust
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| To my arms rushes | |
| the happiness of her eyes -- | |
| straight into my heart. | |
| Naar mijn armen rent | Zu meinen Armen |
| de blijdschap van haar ogen -- | rennt das Glück ihrer Augen -- |
| rechtstreeks mijn hart in. | direkt in mein Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-18
a disordered feeling of happiness (Antjie Krog) (2022)
Poem " 'n onordelike gevoel van geluk" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Family: grandma / grandpa
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| Like a dancer she | |
| floated into the applause -- | |
| and she looked at me. | |
| Als een danseres | Tanzend schwebte sie |
| zweefde ze het applaus in -- | in den Kreis des Applauses -- |
| en ze keek naar mij. | und sie sah mich an. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-25
[That's how] She came to me (Ali Al Gaeth) (2023)
Song "Attat ilaya", sung by Ali Al Gaeth in the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam on November 25th, 2023, accompanied by Orchestre Partout and the Cello Octet in an arrangement by Oene van Geel
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: In love: happiness
Tribute to: Al Gaeth, Ali
| Love does prove itself | |
| in attentively hearing -- | |
| of what is not said. | |
| Liefde bewijst zich | Liebe erweist sich |
| in een oplettend horen -- | im aufmerksamen Hören -- |
| wat niet gezegd wordt. | was nicht gesagt wird. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-13
The event (Peter Terrin) (2022)
Novel "De gebeurtenis", chapter Juliette (3) #1
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s
Keyword: Love: communication
Tribute to: Terrin, Peter
