Malin Kundang " Versi Bahasa Inggris "
Once upon a time, lived a very
poor family in West Sumatra and this was a family of Malin Kundang. To provide
a living for his family, his father went to sea but never returned home. People
talked about his father’s death and made his mother so anxious in each day. Furthermore,
he was still very young and had not been able to help his mother.
However, life must go on. His
mother did not want continuing to grieve and doing nothing. His mother chose to
work hard and did a lot of jobs every day. However, his family financial had
not improved since the money was only to meet their daily needs without being
able to be saved.
Seeing his mother continued to
work in each time, he did not have the heart and intended to help his mother.
He asked his mother to sail and made money as much as possible. At first, his
mother was not banned because of fear that Malin did not come back like his
father. Nevertheless, he kept pressing until his mother allowed him to go.
He immediately set to sail
because it has been allowed by his mother, and his departure was accompanied by
his mother’s sobs. On board, he continued to learn and began to know the ins
and outs of the ships and commerce.
Many years after the initial
voyage, he had not had the opportunity to visit his mother in the hometown.
Indeed, he was eager to go home but there were so many jobs to be done. In one
time, he asked for permission to skipper of the vessel and allowed to go home.
Malin was very excited and with the whole of crew, he returned to his hometown.
But, fate has not given him
permission to go home. In the ocean, his ship was intercepted by pirates and
all crew were massacred. He was very lucky because could hide and survived from
the massacre. He ended up stranded on an island and worked hard to be a wealthy
merchant. Fortunately, he was success. His wealth is so abundant because of
hard working to build a wealth. He also married a girl who was very pretty and
rich so that they could live happily.
With wealth and a prosperous
life, he forgot to return home in order to meet his mother. However,
inadvertently Malin had to go to his hometown for commercial affairs. He set
off with his wife and children to come back home.
Arrived at his hometown, Malin
Kundang met his mother and his mother hugged him very close. However, he even
scolded his mother and pushed up a heap. He actually recognized his mother's
face, but there is a huge shame because there are crews as well as his wife. In
front of them, he did not acknowledge that a woman who fell down was his mother.
He even told her that her mother was so despicable and he did not recognize it.
After completing his business, he
got out of his hometown. His heart had hardened into stone. With his wife and
his children, he went sailing back. His mother was her sad and inwardly, he
prayed that Malin changed into stone.
