Youssef Rakha Translates Sargon Boulus, Again

Butterfly Dream

The butterfly that flies as if

tied by an invisible thread to paradise

almost brushed my chin while I sat in the garden

drinking my first coffee

shaking last night’s nightmares out of my head

lolling in the sun

I saw it drift over the wooden fence

like a dream or a prayer, what was

only yesterday a caterpillar

locked up in its tight cocoon.