«اِلْغَنِي غَنُّوا لُهْ وِالْفَقِيرْ مِنِينْ نُرُوحُوا لُهْ»

The proverb sets two scenes against each other. A rich person is greeted with songs and loud praise, while a poor person barely draws attention, and people ask how they could ever find the road to his door. The original rhymes 'they sang to him' with 'we go to him'; the shift from 'they' to 'we' is deliberate.

Its point is a complaint about social hypocrisy. Attention, honor, and goodwill follow wealth, and the needy are quietly forgotten. Speakers use it to expose how esteem is measured by possessions instead of character or need.

Use it to call out flattery that follows money, for instance when a wealthy person's minor news draws crowds while a struggling neighbor's real need goes unnoticed. It works as dry, critical commentary on social favoritism rather than as a direct insult to any one person.