The Parting and The Promise: The Eternal Saga of 'Haqeeqat ke Pare'

Prologue: Till death do us part

In the quietude of night, where a hand stretches across the bed only to feel the emptiness that spreads, a voice that whispers, “It’s too soon”, a cry that never gets a voice, a narrative unfolds—silent, profound, and infinitely tender. It is a story etched in the heartbeats of two souls, separated by fate yet united in the boundless realms of dreams. Here, within the silence of a room filled with memories, she waits—the woman whose love knows no bounds, whose nights are voyages into a world beyond mere existence. Is it a magical adventure across realms or the beginning of the end for her sanity?

Chapter I: The Loom of Dreams

As the last rays of the sun kiss the earth goodbye, she sits emotionless—a woman cradling the remnants of a love lost. Each night, as the world around her succumbs to slumber, she closes her eyes and her world fades into a hush. We hear the Yet, as dusk embraces the world, she prepares herself for a journey —a voyage to a realm where love knows no barriers, where she and her beloved are reunited, once more. Slowly, gently, the tapestry of reality unravels thread by thread, a realm where the sky is painted with the softest colors of dusk and dawn, intermingling in hopes. This is their dreamworld, a sanctuary of clouds and colors, where he waits.

Chapter II: Gates to the World Beyond

Have you seen this 1998 movie, ‘What Dreams May Come’ starring Robin Williams? If you have, you already can see it. If you haven’t, watch it and you’ll never be the same and you’ll see the song, not just hear it, like I do. The movie is this song or more like an introduction to it. Let’s build this world, right here, right now.

The first few lines are like the opening scene of the dream world where her husband paints the dream world, an invitation, a wish to his beloved, his wife who joins him beyond reality. The entire song is in this world, it starts with an opening to the dream world and the very ending is the only part of the song where we come back to the real world but with a twist and an open ending. But before I reveal that… Imagine, if you will, a realm suspended in the embrace of twilight—where clouds sketch the contours of the sky, and colors dance in harmony with nature. This ethereal land, born from the first notes of 'Haqeeqat ke Pare,' serves as the sanctuary for two souls entwined. With each sunset, a doorway to this realm creaks open, beckoning her to step into a place where every sunset and sunrise is a call to their souls, drawing them together in a celebration of love that defies the finality of death.

Chapter III: The Dance of Elements

In this dream, nature is not merely a backdrop but a vibrant participant in their story. To me, nature was a guiding theme in this song, the warmth of the sun, the crackling of twigs beneath my feet, the music of the world, I was less of a writer and more of a narrator trying to tell a story in my own mortal imperfect way. A story that is incomplete of a woman who refuses to let go, a love so powerful it borders on madness. Wanna hear more?

In her world, he is still present in her life and she can feel his presence holding her in a gentle embrace. The world around her is him and she is having vivacious conversations with her love. The grass under her feet, the fire, the rustling of leaves, the whispers of the wind, the serene flow of the river—all are manifestations of their conversations, symbols of their undying connection. As the song progresses, each element of nature—be it the majestic trees or the chorus of crickets under the moonlight sing about their adventures against a tapestry of dreamy soundscapes, with harmonies and acapella mingling with the essence of nature, guiding us through their world, full of mystery, magic and otherworldly charm.

Chapter IV: The Blueprint to Magic

Do you want to know how it manifested itself to me? Here’s the very first blurt that my brain produced, all raw and naked.

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I still remember, the lovely Sunday afternoon of spring 2021 when I was at a soundcheck for a Mini KAPOW! show MC Gilheri at this place called Bohca (great Sushi BTW). As I was looking up at the sky, delightfully zoned out, trying to discern the shape of a peculiar cloud, I saw a faint rainbow and instantly burst with the intro line of the song "Aasmaan me rang khile", (Sounds filmy, it was!) and then next line and next line till i had completed the intro of the song and recorded it in my voice notes which is the audio above. By the time the sun started to set on the day, we had to rush to a full KAPOW! show at 32nd Avenue in Gurugram and by then the song was piecing itself together, that night heading back home from two tiring gigs, I started penning down the verses and the story, and by next morning I woke with a lingering dream, a story and the completed lyrics to the song. It surely was one of those songs that after completion, gave me a feeling of something that was more than me. Those lingering feelings when you wonder if you are actually the one who wrote it, the one who created it. It’s weird.

Once this activity was done, my brain went into overdrive compiling every single imagery, movie, anime that like a spiders web started spanning outwards with the song at the centre. There’s a comprehensive list at the end but some tales acted as the spark to this fire.

From the intertwined destinies in "Your Name" to the poignant journeys in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"—"Haqeeqat ke Pare" is a testament to the enduring power of love, that defies space-time, mortality and logic. Each influence, from literature to cinema, weaves into the song a layer of depth, painting a story that refuses to die.

Chapter V: The Farewell at Dawn

Now, it’s an original Eternalramblings writing, will it have a true happy ending? I doubt. There has to be a hint of reality in all this magic, a touch of order in chaos, an island of rationality in the sea of irrationality. Let’s continue our story once again.

As the night progresses, their world of dreams blossoms with adventures and moments of serene joy. Yet, with the first light of dawn, a sense of impermanence whispers through the air. A looming truth, the inevitable parting, they must promise each other to meet again only when the world sleeps, when the Sun sets and they can once again hide away from reality. Their farewells, though heartrending, are laced with the promise of another night, another dream. This cycle, a perpetual dance of meeting and parting, a harbinger of love, leaves us at the threshold of dawn, with an ending as open as the sky. Will it come to an end? go on perpetually? there has to be a conclusion, right?

Chapter VI: The Choice of Endings

As the narrative weaves towards its conclusion, "Haqeeqat ke Pare" leaves us at the precipice of the beginning of the song again. The bed, a silent witness to their journey, a symbol of time and its persistence, now lies entirely empty as the Sun rays march in through the window— Did she finally leave this world, her own journey to beyond where love knows no end, where they meet beyond time forever or a poignant reminder of life's fragility? Her mental battle, her grasping at straws of sanity and building her own narrative for her unimaginable loss, withering away. Or perhaps, it is an innocent new beginning, she moves on, walks away, to live once more, a testament to the enduring hope that love instils. "Haqeeqat ke Pare" offers not just an ending but a choice—a choice that is entirely yours.

Epilogue: Hold my hand

And so, as the final notes of "Haqeeqat ke Pare" fade into the silence, you stand at the threshold of dreams and reality, invited to wander through the veiled realms of love and loss. To take a walk through my life and my mind where this song serves as the bridge between the seen and the unseen, the spoken and the silent. As promised, I will hold your hand and take you away, ‘Haqeeqat ke Pare’