Dek saisuak urang badunsanak banyak, dek inyiak-inyiak awak banyak binyi baliau, sainggo ado anak dari dunsanak nan paliang tuo labiah tuo umuano dari anak nan paliang mudo.
The third brother would rather be attached to his next oldest brother, if that brother had not turned away from him, and to his younger sister, if his older brothers had not snatched her for themselves.