No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.

The line draws a sharp distinction between material wealth and the deeper conditions that make a person “rich”: security, dignity, belonging, love, or a sense of purpose. By calling himself “a poor man with money,” the speaker suggests that cash can coexist with inner deprivation—emotional, moral, or existential—and may even highlight it. The final clause (“which is not the same thing”) functions like a moral correction, rejecting the common equation of money with richness. In a Márquezian register, it also resonates with themes of solitude and the hollowness of status: prosperity can be accidental or external, while true richness is relational and lived.