To the tune of “Summer Rain” by Belinda Carlisle

Whispering our welcomes

Hopping on the train

I study at university

In the summer rain

I can hear them saying

“Dragon Boat rain

follows our love for all

In the summer rain”

I remember the rain

On my skin

And the pitter-patter

of water through our campus

We return to Shenzhen

with laptop and pen

My belongings protected and

covered like Big Ben

On arriving back here

We saw the birds nest

The rain flowed down to Dasha

We reminisced, kept safe in summer

Oh, SUSTech, it’s you that I dreamt of

Like a screenwriter today

My heart races, for tomorrow

We love to play in the summer rain

Whether we are in the lab

Or relaxing outside

My heart says I’m a SUSTecher

Dancing with you in the summer rain

Ooooh, summer

SUSTech is calling me

to its verdant lands

We want to see classmates again

In the summer rain

My samples are singing

but that is strange

not supposed to happen

In the summer rain

Before Qing Ming, it always pours down

With graduation near

Happy tears did pour

I can see my future

Coming at me fast

I will forever miss innocence

In the summer rain

Oh, SUSTech, it’s you that I dreamt of

Like Benicio, today

My heart races, like del Toro

We love to play in the summer rain

Whether we are in the lab

Or relaxing outside

My heart says I’m a SUSTecher

Dancing with you in the summer rain

Ooooh, summer

Every time I see the lightning

Every time I hear the thunder

Every time I close the window

When this happens in the summer

Oh, the night is so inviting

I can feel my future so close

I can feel SUSTech when the wind

Blows right through my heart

Oh, SUSTech, it’s you that I dreamt of

Since the day I arrived

My heart says I’m a SUSTecher

Dancing forever in summer rain

While we will leave soon, pastures new

New students will replace us

Remember we will always

Dancing with SUSTech in the summer rain