| The country greeted | |
| us as major promises -- | |
| that must be broken. | |
| Het land begroette | Das Land begrüßte |
| ons als grote beloften -- | uns als große Versprechen -- |
| die het moet breken. | die es brechen muss. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-29
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapters 2-1 The fisherman's pointing finger, and: 3-6 "Midnight"
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
Collection: Low gear
| Betrayal lurking, | |
| in which language you speak and -- | |
| in which one you cry. | |
| Pas op voor verraad, | Vorsicht vor Verrat |
| pas op, welke taal je spreekt -- | in welcher Sprache du sprichst -- |
| in welke je huilt. | in welcher du weinst. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-26
Walls have ears (Yannis Kyriakides) - 2013
Composition #108, for voice, string quartet and video, to the poem "Savas Zamani" ("Wartime", 2011) by Mehmet Yashin; performed by Quatuor Bozzini in the Organpark on November 26th, 2023
Tribute to: Yashin, Mehmet
Composer:
Collection: anp
| They showed us the rock | |
| on which we sharpened our swords -- | |
| and then we killed them. | |
| Ze wezen de rots | Sie zeigten den Stein, |
| aan, we slepen de zwaarden -- | wo wir die Schwerter wetzten -- |
| die hen vermoordden. | um sie zu töten. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-21
Lessons for Luca (Salvador Gieling) - 2021
Sibanicú (Cuba) in het jaar 1513; the villagers help the Spanisch conquerors (colonisers)
Film "Lessons for Luca"
Tribute to: Gieling, Salvador
Collection: May the Might
| With the blood-red stains | |
| on your shirt you look so sad -- | |
| at me, at my hands. | |
| Bloedrode vlekken | Blutrote Flecken. |
| op jouw hemd, je kijkt bedroefd -- | Du siehst so traurig auf mich -- |
| naar mij, mijn handen. | auf meine Hände. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-21
Red stained my friend (Ali Serik) - 2015
Poem "Rood bevlekt mijn vriend" (collection "Hartslagen van de mus")
Tribute to: Serik, Ali
Collection: Truder
