atu hari, kurarama mhuri kumhenderekedzo yeS Sumatra. Mhuri yacho yakanga ine mwana anonzi Malin Kundang. Nemhaka yekuti mamiriro emhuri yavo anotya zvikuru, saka baba vematambudziko vakasarudza kuenda kunyika kumativi ose.
Tariro huru yematambudziko naamai vake, rimwe zuva baba vake vakadzoka kumba vane mari yakawanda iyo inogona kuve iyo kutenga zvigaro zvezuva nezuva. Mushure mekunge baba vemaradhi havana kuuya, uye pakupedzisira tariro yaMalin Kundang naamai vake.
Mushure mekunge Malin Kundang akakura, akafunga kuti aite kurarama munyika yacho netariro yekare paakazodzokera kumusha, ave akafuma. Pakupedzisira Malin Kundang akafamba nechikepe nechikepe chekutengesa ngarava mumuguta rekwake kwave kubudirira.