To College of Foreign Languages Alumni

Written in Response to the Call for Alumni News

in Celebration of HAU’s 120^th Anniversary

It was here,

That recorded the four years of your green youth.

It was here,

That inspired your future hopes and dreams.

It was here,

That prepared you to first engage with the outside world.

And then,

Here was your parking apron,

Where you took off into the azure sky.

Right here,

Hebei Agricultural University, for 120 prime years,

Stands for Virtue, Tolerance, Moral, Truth, and Cultivation,

And stands tall on the fertile land in central Hebei.

All these, with your own eyes, you have witnessed.

Right here,

College of Foreign Languages, for 20 summers,

Pursues Teaching Is Learning,

Embracing Strengths, and Teacher-Student Mutal Respect,

Proudly growing up, in the arms of our Alma Mater.  

For all these, in your own way, you have done your part.

The year 2022

Will welcome,

Our Alma Mater’s 120^th anniversary,

Our College’s 20^th birthday.

Right here, right now,

Each and every teacher is calling, earnestly,

Each student we have always been loving,

Each and every

Student.

Welcome back, scan QR code, fill in the Alumni Form.

Enjoy the pageant to celebrate the anniversary together,

Teachers and students sitting next to each other, chatting about

Memories of the past.

Welcome back.

Have a look around your college, your campus.

Sit on those chairs in those classrooms.

Talk about your journey of wind and rain all these years.

Welcome back.

Revisit your campus.

Recall your first encounter.

Time flows like water.

You have lived it to the full.

Welcome back.

Visit your teachers.

Meet your classmates.

Try meals in your dining halls,

To find out where you left

Your youthful traces.

Come on,

We are here waiting,

To embrace you, to talk together about

Magnificent rainbows of tomorrow.

He Xiaomin

April 21, 2021

Trans. Chen Qianwen