CERITA RAKYAT TENTANG MALIN KUNDANG DALAM

BAHASA INGGRIS DAN TERJEMAHANNYA

This is the story,happy reading..at one,there is fishermen family in village on the coast
of west Sumatra.The family has a son named malin kundang.Due to poor financial
condation of the family,the father decided to make a living in the country by wading
across a vast ocean.Malin’s father never returned to his home so that his mother had to
replace the position of Malin’s father to work.when he was adult because of feeling
sorry for her mother who worked hard.Malin decided to go wander by a merchant ship
in order to become rich after Malin Kundang lear a lot about seamanship on the crew
who are experienced.Malin Kundang was lucky,in his journey he could be a rich and
married with a beautiful girl.

After a long marriage,Malin and his wife set sail with the crew as well a lot of
bodyguards and stop at his village.Malin’s mother who saw the arrival of the ship to
the dock saw two people standing on the deck of the ship.She believed that they were
Malin Kundang and hie wife.

Malin’s mother was headed towart the ship.once close enough,his mother saw scars
on his arm so she believed he was the righ person,the more convinced his mother that
he was approacehed Malin Kundang”Malin Kundang my son why did you go so
shouted,lord,if true he was Malin my son,I cuerse HIM BECOME A ROCK!Rigth
after that Malin Kundang body slowly becomes rigit and in time he finally shaped into
a rock.

Terjemahan singkat dari cerita malin kundang:

Disuatu desa dipinggir pantai sumatera barat ada satu keluarga nelayan yang memiliki
anak bernama malin kundang pergi berlayar dan tidak pernah kembali.setelah dewasa
malin kundang kasihan melihat ibu yang bekerja keras sendiri,dia pun memutuskan
untuk mengembara dengan ikut berlayar di kapal pedagang. Dipengembaraan,malin
kundang beruntung cita-citanya menjadi orang kaya tercapai dan dia pun menikah
dengan wanita cantik.Setelah beberapa waktu berlalu,Malin kundang dan istri berlayar
dan berhenti didesa dimana ia tinggal dahulu.Ibunya yakin bahwa itulah dia,ibu malin
kundang menemui malin kundang dan memeluknya. Karena malu pada istri,ibunya
tua,kotor dan jorok amlin kundang memarahi ibunya dan tidak mengakui ibunya itu.
Ibu malin kundang tidak menerima perlakuan anaknya itu dan sangat marah,dia pun
berdoa kepada tuhan jika lelaki itu benar malin kundang anaknya,dia mengutuknya
jadi batu. Doa ibu malin kundang di kabulkan tuhan dan tubuh malin kundang berubah
menjadi batu.

Demikianlah cerita malin kundang dalam bahasa inggris dan disertai

terjemahan singkatnya,kebenaran cerita ini tidak bias di buktikan.Namun di satu
pantai di sumatera barat yang bernama pantai air manis ada yang di yakini orang
sebagai malin kundang yang sudah berubah menjadi batu.

BY.DJULFIKRAM HAMID