1. It surged ragingly, diminishing beauty and peril.
And the earth and trees were flooded over.

2. Its awesomeness terrified the thirsty bird,
So it passed by, cowardly and cautious.

3. As if it were a mountain in its harmfulness
Overlooking from the banks as they descend.

4. The Lord of the farms and the sailors guided them
With power, greatly tyrannical and capable.

5. The night stayed guarding it on its banks
The men were overwhelmed awaiting what comes to it.

6. They went as captives, heads downcast to it,
And welfare and harm went willingly to its hands.

7. It walked steadily, fear cannot stop it
Nor does it apologize for its abhorrent actions.

8. And it passed mocking the hands that resist it
Seeking to subdue lions and take preemptive action.

9. So everything the human attained of troubles
The powers of nature come to it and are defeated.

10. And the Euphrates is not with coercion or force
Or subjugation, violently seized.

11. How many battles did art wage against it
Upon the Euphrates but it was victorious.

12. An example for the selfish, it neither
Harmed nor benefited, did people win or lose?

13. While all the people at night are terrified of it
In every moment, news of its flow alarms them.

14. Hearts filled with awe of its reverence
And eyes filled with fear of it, awake.

15. Preoccupying gatherings, its violence
Dominates conversation and consumes the night vigil.

16. Hearing is frightened until the young man wishes
His hearing was sight from confusion.

17. Announcing its news was delayed by coolness
And lightning was roused to investigate the news.

18. It is the Euphrates, how wondrous is its affair
In its states and how meaningful are its lessons.

19. While it is the sea, its rage cannot be withstood
If it rages, it leaves no trace or vestige.

20. Yet when weakened, a rod resists it
And a rock prevents its flow.

21. It erased the youth of the barren earth with rage
And it returned to its lushness and freshness.

22. And another spot it touched
Was on the verge of death and perishing.

23. And the farmers bid the crops farewell and left
What they planted and sowed to the water.

24. One who yesterday had joy on his face
From what he hoped for, his face is now anguished.

25. After celebrating, his family now frowns
And weakness and humiliation appear in his steps.

26. Its afflictions and wrath poured upon it
While I, the palaces, have no fear or caution.

27. The sympathies of the hut circulated upon it
And the tent pegs were uprooted, scattered.

28. The tumult drowned it out, angry
Its anger echoed behind it.

29. And a commotion intensified from every side
With news of imminent death and omens.

30. Many a nursing mother called for water
And many a bare woman sought clothes.

31. And a page of beautiful poetry, its scene
Submerged by high water, the moon shining above it.

32. The trees' greenery glistened,
Flooded with its brilliance, flourishing.

33. And from its banks, half submerged,
The trees above the water bending.

34. Some people were endangered by its surge
And the perilous scene kept us company.

35. And so people are tempted by their imagination
Until they come to calamity and are tested.

36. As one came to war to portray it
While another's body is pierced by embers.

37. A soul that brought no benefit to a body it entered
And a horse that bolted but was fruitless.

38. This builder of civilization, it ruined him
Civilization in the two rivers crumbles through it.

39. Iraq was darkened by its farms
Shade and fruit on its people.

40. Its abundance overflowed good to other lands
Abundant for the years of famine, stored away.

41. And it distributed water equitably in its streams
Each region had a river flow through it.

42. In the name of Euphrates and regulating it
Useless agencies were created.

43. Long neglectful, and when its surge came
It hastily came after the opportunity passed.

44. And water is death in its excess
And when decreased, stolen and hoarded.