Layi mah wa-ang tawu, baraso aden urangnyo sanga: aden ma ambiak sasuatu nan indak punyo den, sarato ma ambiak asie di tampaik nan indak den tanami.
"Sorrow is mine! for I am as when they have got in the summer fruits, like the last of the grapes: there is nothing for food, not even an early fig for my desire."