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1 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

pilaate: make someone drink

1 / 1: pilaate

un ke bhi qatl ka ilzaam hamaare sar hai

jo hamein zahr pilaate hue

mar jaate hain

i am accused

of killing them

who died

feeding me poison

Abbas Tabish (5)

zahr (2)

poison

qatl (3)

murder

ilzaam (2)

accusation

pilaate (1)

make someone drink

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