Irawani and Hidayat get engaged to each other. Irawani relates the story of her parents, Irawan and Sunarti. When the couple goes through a hard time, Irawan moves to Batavia to look for work and leaves his wife and daughter behind. But when he succeeds in the city, he gets carried away though it is his father-law, Sunarno, who employs him. After she grows up, Irawani becomes a singer and dancer, and Irawan is crazy about her. Knowing this, his new wife expels him from the house. So once again, Irawan becomes a beggar, just like the first time when he arrived in Jakarta.

Sugesti feels jealous because Rochijat falls in love with her sister, Bardini, and he only considers her as a friend. To cope with her disappointment, Sugesti becomes a lead singer in a theater group led by Subroto. She stops singing when she marries the loan shark, Surachman, to pay for the debts of the theater group. Meanwhile, Bardini is at a loose end and works at Sugesti's house. She pretends not to know her and treats her badly. After dealing with various challenges, Bardini marries Rochijat. When she visits her father's grave, she runs into Sugesti, who is now a poor woman, after her husband is sent to jail.

Suhardi, a post office clerk in Cipanas, moves to Jakarta. But he is accused of a crime he did not commit and is exiled to Irian. The situation forces his wife to work as a singer on the radio. But due to her health problems, she returns to Cipanas with her sister, Resna. After his wife dies, Suhardi returns, while Resna who loves to gamble takes Suhardi's daughter, Karina, and sends her off to work as a busker. Then Karina lives alone, because Resna is arrested by police. Fortunately, a family adopts her until she grows up. Karina's luck changes. She marries a tycoon and asks her father to stay with her.

Gurda is a wandering traveler, his life is very miserable and forever in sorrow. Fortunately there are also friends who are Duati, Bonto, Binti who always cheer him up. Gurda promised his friends that he would leave the traveler's job and ask her brother's help, was a merchant, but they did not get help. Then the Gurda makes another living by looking for firewood in the forest to sell and the results are used to feed his friends who become travelers. It is known that the Chajali king, by the regulation of the Great Minister and the Truna Commander, was prohibited from looking for firewood. Meanwhile, a young merchant accompanied by Gurda and Hadam went to propose Princess Aziza, who turned out to be the daughter of Minister Trenggana. Gurda later found out if Princess Aziza was Duati, his lovers. With a variety of ideas, Gurda can cancel the marriage of her brother with Princess Aziza.

Hartoyo and Sanusi, who had been friends since they were TNI, registered themselves as development soldiers to be sent to Harapan Island. Sanusi's younger sister, Aesah, was Hartoyo's girlfriend. Sanusi's mother passed away and then Sanusi also passed away. This made Aesah like someone who had lost her memory, wandering "along Malioboro". Luckily Hartono returned and looked for Aesah.