Finally, another June is coming, also, it is the moment for some of us to say goodbye. Yes, another graduation time has arrived. So how do we describe it? That’s so complicated, anticipation, sense of lose, confusion and so on. Since it is so hard to say, let’s convey our mixed ineffable emotion by several songs.
终于，又是一年的六月，一些人是时候说再见了，是的，有一个毕业季到来了。想说些什么呢？期许，失落抑或是迷茫？五味杂陈揉在一起，却又说不出口。所以不如就唱出来吧。
1. Ambition: The song for the graduates
This song actually has a fairly long history, as it was created in 1934, for the film Plunder of Peach and Plum, which demonstrated the pursuit of the graduates in a eventful period, the Anti-Japanese War. Today we are the blossoms, but tomorrow we are ready to contribute ourselves for our country; today we gather here, but tomorrow we are going to salvage China from subjugation. Though in this day and time, we are living in a peaceful age, I believe that what still reminds is our determination to devote ourselves to the construction of our society.
1. 雄心：《毕业歌》
作曲于1934年，可以说是一首老歌了，它也是电影《桃李劫》的插曲。这部电影讲述了一届毕业生们在抗战这一特殊时期的人生选择和追求：“今天我们是桃李芬芳，明天是祖国的栋梁；我们今日欢聚在一堂，明天就要掀起民族自救的巨浪”。虽然我们今天生活在和平年代，但我相信我们奉献社会的决心，是不会变的。
2. Confusion: Ride in the Waves of the Sea
After graduation, now, we are standing at the crossroad of our lives again. Though the front is uncertain, we are forced to leave the campus, which is fulfilled with vitality as well as idealism, and move on. To find a job, go for further or even start your own enterprise? There are just so many possibilities for the future. We begin to sustain our lives independently, to face to severe competition alone and gradually to learn to be more sophisticated. The streams of graduates constantly gather , then become the rivers and finally they are compelled to converge in the ocean named society. However, eventually, you will see how you grow and your dreams come true, as long as you spare no efforts to live. The Lives will bring you answers and show you who you are meant to be. Though the future is unknown, I wish that every graduate would sparkle as the stars when you ride the waves of the sea.
2. 迷茫：《入海》
毕业后，我们又一次站在了人生的十字路口。即使前路未定，我们依然不得不离开校园，这个充满活力和理想主义的地方，继续前行。找工作，读研还是创业？我们的未来有太多的答案。步入社会，我们开始经济独立，开始独自面对更激烈的竞争，开始学着变得世故圆滑。我们汇聚成溪，聚拢成河，最终流入茫茫人海。但最终，只要你努力地活着，时间就会回答成长，成长会回答梦想，梦想会回答生活，生活会回答你的模样。虽然前路未定，但我还是祝福大家，跃入人海，各有风雨灿烂。
3. Sadness: Crystal Sky as Yesterday
Except for the expectation or the concern about our future, the graduation means the time to say goodbye, to your professors, to your roommates and even “the one” who you encountered in the past 4 years. I feel that in some moment the air is just filled with the sadness of separation, but then the wind just blows it all away. Someone said that the life is just like a train to death, there are plenty of stops on the route, no one would always accompany with you, what you could see are just people getting on and off. After this summer, we will make different choices then separate with each other. Don’t forget that there are always someone you are able to turn to for a helping hand or a shoulder to sweep on. Just remember the crystal sky as yesterday when we waved our hands and said goodbye.
3. 伤感：《昨日青空》
除却我们对未来的期待和担忧，毕业也意味着分别。向老师，向朝夕相处的舍友，甚至向你在大学期间遇到的那个TA说再见。有那么一瞬间我觉得空气中弥漫着离别的忧伤，而随后却消散在风中。有人说生命就像一列开往坟墓的列车，路途上会有许多站，没有一个人可以始终陪着你走完，你只会看到来来往往、上上下下的人。过了这个夏天，我们会沿着彼此不同的方向，开往不同的地方。但别忘了，这里有你永远可以求助的人，可以让你哭泣的肩膀，也请不要忘记，在昨日的青空下，我们挥手告别。
Author: Kong Yilin
Date: 3 June, 2021
