1. O river named Al-Asgharain
Though you've been wronged by the name Al-Asghar

2. Had people been fair, they'd have named you Al-Kawthar
Yet the people of earth called you Al-Asghar

3. Rise above all the rivers of the world
From every corner and every village, and be proud

4. For true merit lies in the noble deed
That people see as grand and proud

5. Why do I see the ignorant in heedlessness?
If they were fair, they'd have named you Al-Kawthar

6. O soul of human souls
Of the rich and poor alike

7. O best of all the rivers
From all the lands, green and bright

8. You raised your prices to be bought
With pure silver and jewel's might

9. So you may rise above the heights
Like a heavenly fountain of light

10. O master of the rivers of our land
Whoever dwells near you will never know plight

11. And whoever bought what you irrigate
Of palms and land will never feel contrite

12. You are sacred, above any river or stream
Blessed are those who buy and those who sell

13. If the seller loses what he sold
He gains in what the buyer's well

14. Your water is as if from Heaven's gardens
Or Paradise's sweet musk and ambergris

15. Sweet in taste and flavor
Like the finest honey and sugar

16. As if rosewater was mixed
In your most pure and pristine water

17. Without you our land would be barren
Empty of crops, with nothing sown or tilled

18. No homes for us would be appealing
Lovely, splendid, or finely built

19. You, Al-Asgharain, are blessed
Above any river or Ja'far's spring

20. May you, as you flow each morn, never run dry
Flowing effortlessly, never compelled or coerced

21. As if your water is supplied
Effortlessly from the oceans immersed

22. May God revive you with plentiful rain
Cascading from the clouds, gushing and immersed

23. So the earth greens with its thriving crops
With its lush, verdant and brilliant produce

24. Some of it green, fresh and young
Some of it red, vivid and red

25. Some of it golden yellow
And some of it yellow, bright and pure

26. May you never know scarcity when rains pour down
Or heat waves scorch from an orator's minbar