«فَاتِتِ ابْنَهَا يْعَيَّطْ وِرَاحِتْ تِسَكِّتِ ابْنِ الْجِيرَانْ»

The image is of a mother who ignores her own crying child and hurries off to comfort a neighbor's child. It pictures care and attention misplaced: energy goes outward to someone else while the person who most needs it, and who is one's own responsibility, is left alone.

The mother is only an image, not a target; the saying applies to anyone, of any gender, who neglects their own concerns while busying themselves with others' affairs. The tone is reproachful: helping outsiders is no virtue when one's own obligations are left unmet.

Use it to gently mock or criticize someone who eagerly fixes other people's troubles, or chases outside obligations, while their own household, work, or duties go unattended. It suits informal remarks among people who know the situation.