Number 10

Iraqi style
English

Number 10

When that infatuated fool got a gust of wind in his horn, he threw that silver-colored dome to the wind. For the sake of a minaret he gave away the whole desert as endowment; may God spare no one such a bad neighbor.
Explanation: The 'wind in his horn' suggests empty vanity and boastfulness. The couplets mock a reckless man who squandered something precious for a trivial or foolish cause.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۰

آن شیفته را چو باد در بوق افتاد آن گنبد سیم‌رنگ بر باد بداد
‌از بهر مناره بادیه وقف بکرد ‌همسایهٔ بد خدای کس را ندهاد