After putting Sargon in a waterproof reed basket,   his mother put him in the waters of the Euphrates River and pushed him out into the current,   letting it carry him downstream to wherever fate might take him.

将萨尔贡放在一个防水的芦苇篮子里后，他的母亲把他放到幼发拉底河的水中，然后把他推到水流中，让它顺流而下，去往命运可能带他去的任何地方。