It has thirty-six windows [and] thirty-six doors

Sunday, June 8, 2014

thirty-six windows [and] thirty-six doors

written by Vinayak Razdan

A riddle:

Shiyitrah dari ta shiyitrah bar chis;

Shiyitrah gaz bhar panah chus.

Rezas watshayo rats wasana

Tajas peth suna mana chus

It has thirty-six windows [and] thirty-six doors

It is thirty-six yards in width.

The king happened to get a good impulse [i.e., to build it].

There is a maund of gold on its spires.

And: the Jami Masjid