दिल-आज़ार

Meaning

Heart-tormenting, cruel, causing grief or emotional pain.

Detailed Meaning

In Urdu poetics, 'dil-āzār' describes someone who wounds or torments the heart, especially a cruel beloved. In this couplet, the word is deployed in sharp, tragic contrast to 'dildār' (the comforter or lover), lamenting how the beloved who once brought solace has now turned into a source of relentless affliction.

Etymology

Persian compound formed from 'dil' (heart) and 'āzār' (torment/affliction, from the verb āzurdan).

Usage

In the ghazal tradition, it is frequently juxtaposed with 'dildār' (the beloved companion) through the poetic device of tazād (antithesis) to emphasize betrayal or the cruelty of fate.

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