Word Meaning
संग-दिल
sang-dil
hiadjective
Meaning
Stone-hearted; cruel, unfeeling, pitiless, or merciless.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning having a heart of stone, it signifies a ruthless, unfeeling beloved who remains unmoved by devotion. In this couplet, it describes the cruel lover whose endless tyrannies could not be fully endured before life betrayed the poet and came to an end.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'sang' (stone) and 'dil' (heart).
Usage
A conventional trope in Urdu ghazal denoting the beloved's habitual emotional indifference and cruelty toward the lover.
Examples
The stone-hearted beloved took no pity on my tears.
Crying out in vain before a stone-hearted lover.
Synonyms
बे-रहमजफ़ाकारकठोरसख़्त-दिल
Related Words
संग-दिलीसंगदिलबे-रहम