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title: "The Butterfly's Burden"
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# The Butterfly's Burden

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Review: The butterfly is free - Dear Mahmoud, I’m just an average American white guy, but I want to tell you that even though you’re gone, even though this comment is not about what’s going on in your homeland, I think your symbolism has a perennial significance. Under siege. I feel as human beings, we are all Under siege in our lives, life itself is a siege as is survival in it,. For a while, I had that line from one of your , if not your, greatest poem. “Nothing pleases me.” I had that line above my desk, “I’m always besieging a ghost that is besieging me. “ Is this siege a ghost? Is this life an illusion? The older I get, and I’m approaching 70, it seems that perhaps it is. Have we been chasing phantoms the whole time? In any case brother, I send you greetings from 2025 southeastern USA. So many beautiful images and emotions you have left us with….
Review: Very good - Thank you arrived in perfect time and shape

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #135,809 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in African Poetry (Books) #44 in Middle Eastern Poetry (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 275 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The butterfly is free
*by S***T on May 7, 2025*

Dear Mahmoud, I’m just an average American white guy, but I want to tell you that even though you’re gone, even though this comment is not about what’s going on in your homeland, I think your symbolism has a perennial significance. Under siege. I feel as human beings, we are all Under siege in our lives, life itself is a siege as is survival in it,. For a while, I had that line from one of your , if not your, greatest poem. “Nothing pleases me.” I had that line above my desk, “I’m always besieging a ghost that is besieging me. “ Is this siege a ghost? Is this life an illusion? The older I get, and I’m approaching 70, it seems that perhaps it is. Have we been chasing phantoms the whole time? In any case brother, I send you greetings from 2025 southeastern USA. So many beautiful images and emotions you have left us with….

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good
*by K***R on October 11, 2025*

Thank you arrived in perfect time and shape

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Poetry Makes Reality Feel Magical
*by T***R on November 2, 2024*

The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish (translated by Fady Joudah) is a beautiful book of poetry that covers a wide variety of topics. I loved having the original Arabic poems and the English translations side-by-side. I was so amazed by the different lengths of some of the lines that I asked my husband to spot check a few of the translations. He said they were pretty accurate. Darwish has a way of writing about everyday occurrences in ways that make them feel magical and the magical in ways that make them feel accessible. The Butterfly's Burden expounds on the impact of humans on other humans as well as the world we inhabit with its honest reflections on how human beings move through the world for better or worse.

## Frequently Bought Together

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*Last updated: 2026-01-28*