Word Meaning
दिल-सद-पारा
dil-sad-pārā
hinoun
Meaning
A heart shattered into a hundred pieces; deeply wounded or pulverized heart.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound signifying a heart shattered or cut into hundreds of fragments. In this verse, it depicts the quarry whose heart is completely torn apart by arrows, with each splinter containing an arrowhead. Poetically, it represents the lover's ultimate state of devastation caused by the beloved's cruelty.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'dil' (heart) + 'sad' (hundred) + 'pāra' (piece, fragment).
Usage
Frequently invoked in Urdu ghazal as an emblem of unbearable romantic suffering and cruelty inflicted by the beloved's metaphorical arrows.
Examples
Carrying the silent lament of a hundred-pieced heart
Each fragment of the hundred-pieced heart bleeds afresh
Synonyms
दिल-ए-शिकस्तादिल-ए-फ़िगारटुका-टुका दिल
Related Words
सद-पारादिल-फ़िगारलख़्त-ए-जिगरज़ख़्म-ए-दिल