"Indak nan merah pado kundi, indak nan bulek pado sago, Indak nan indah pado budi, indak nan indah pado baso," "Anak ikan dimakan ikan, gadang di tabek anak tanggiri, ameh bukan pangkaik pun bukan, budi sabuah nan di haragoi," "Dulang ameh baok ba -laia, batang bodi baok pananti, utang ameh buliah di baie, utang budi di baok mati," "Pucuak pauh sadang tajelo, panjuluak bungo galundi, Nak jauah silang sangketo, Pahaluih baso jo basi,"
Revelation describes its staggering wealth: "The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, and cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men" (18:12-13).