My dear and beloved sister Tomochka!!!

Thank you, dear, for being you!
Words of congratulations today will not count,
Hundreds of reasons to thank you
And yet I will ask for forgiveness:

I'm sorry that I bit you as a child
And in my youth I didn't really understand
And for the company, I ask you and me,
Why did you drop me from the stroller?

Sorry for being the youngest
I always was and I will remain
And you are you! You are an older sister
I try to be like you.

I am ready to go with you
Even to the edge of the world, even to the edge of the city.
And if I fall a little behind on the way -
Forgive me and wait a little.

Sorry, I rarely go to the village
And that you have more work left,
And I forgive you for these days
Mom gets more kisses.

Let's give each other a friend, we'll forgive,
That the pope did not live to this date...
And we will drink to the health of all the living
And for the memory of those who are no longer with us.

(V. Davydova, 04/18/08)