悼叶挺将军夫妇子女同罹焚机之难
作者 钱来苏
（作於1946年）
五载囚磨百战身，
如公真是铁将军。
鸳鸯共命绝千古，
蓝玉【註】共焚泣鬼神。
一死纵教仇者快，
万冤终有日能伸。
岭南淮北英风烈，
姓宇昭昭党史新。
Lamenting General Ye Ting and Family who All Perished Together in Air Crash
(Written in 1946)
by Qian Laisu
- Translated on the Martyrs Day 2016, Commemoratingt the 70th anniversary of General Ye's Martyrdom
Tempered in hundred hubattles，chained for five years,
A man like you was truly an iron general.
Like paired mandarin ducks your fate was rare for all ages,
With Lan Yu burned together even gods and spirits wept.
The foes may gloat over your dire accident,
But ten thousand wrongs will one day be redressed.
From Lingnan to North of the Huai River your heroic spirit blazes,
Your shining name marks a new page in the Party's history.
【註】藍玉指慷慨赴死的明朝開國名將蓝玉（？—1393），
這裡泛指忠勇將領們的悲劇命運。
【作者簡介】見《刘伯承邓小平将军飞渡黄河》
【作者簡介】
 【葉挺將軍简介】叶挺，著名军事家，生于1896年9月10日，1946年4月8日逝世。原名叶为询，字希夷，号西平，广东惠州人，是中国人民解放军创始人之一和新四军重要领导人。叶挺率领的国民革命军第四军在北伐中被誉为"铁军"。 叶挺在南昌起义中出任前敌总指挥；参加广州起义时任起义军工农红军总司令。抗日战争中又出任新四军军长，皖南事变中被国民党扣押，他拒绝蒋介石的威逼利诱，写出了著名的《囚歌》以明志。抗战胜利后，获救出狱后被中国共产党重新接纳为党员。
1946年4月8日与夫人李秀文以及秦邦宪、邓发、王若飞等同志在返回延安途中飞机失事，不幸遇难。1988年，被中央军委确定为36位开国军事家之一。1989年11月，叶挺被中央军委授以"中国人民解放军军事家"的称号。
Note: Lan Yu refers to the Ming dynasty founding general Lan Yu (?-1393), who faced death with heroic resolve; here it broadly symbolizes the tragic fate of loyal and valiant commanders.
Introduction to the poet: See 《Generals Liu and Deng Crossing the Yellow River》
by Qian Laisu.
Introduction to General Ye Ting:
Ye Ting (1896.9.10 – 1946.4.8), a prominent military strategist, was born in Huizhou, Guangdong Province. His original name was Ye Weixun, courtesy name Xiyi, style name Xiping. He was one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army and an important leader of the New Fourth Army.
During the Northern Expedition, the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army under Ye Ting’s command was praised as the “Iron Army.” In the Nanchang Uprising, he served as Frontline Commander-in-Chief, and during the Guangzhou Uprising, he held the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was appointed Commander of the New Fourth Army. In the Wannan Incident, he was imprisoned by the Kuomintang; refusing Chiang Kai-shek’s threats and inducements, he composed the famous Song of the Prisoner to express his resolve. After Japan’s defeat, he was released and reinstated as a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
On April 8, 1946, while returning to Yan’an with his wife Li Xiuwen and comrades Qin Bangxian, Deng Fa, and Wang Ruofei, his plane crashed, and they all perished. In 1988, the Central Military Commission recognized him as one of the 36 founding military leaders of New China, and in November 1989, posthumously awarded him the honorary title of “Military Strategist of the People’s Liberation Army.”
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