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

nafrat: hate

1 / 1: nafrat

tu sirf dashna-e-nafrat hi laharaata raha

tu ne kabhi dushman se

lipaT kar nahi dekha

you have only been waving

this dagger of hate

you haven't tried ever

embracing your enemy

Ahmad Faraz (21)

sirf (4)

only

dashna (1)

dagger

nafrat (1)

hate

kabhi (25)

on occasion

dushman (7)

enemy

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