Todo Hombre Es Una Historia Lyrics in English Juanes

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Todo Hombre Es Una Historia by Juanes from Spanish to English.
They said that he'd come back
That soon they'd leave him
The urge to fly
He was a boy from my neighborhood
That they called ordinary
For not being like everyone else
And with his hair on his shoulders
He slipped away
One day from all that oppression
Nobody ever sat down
To listen to what he thought
Nobody cared
He was a lover of life
Of the music that one day
Awakened his dreams
And with his hair on his shoulders
He slipped away
One day from all that oppression
A thousand stories were told
About that man who left
Ignoring what they'll say
Not caring about the reason
Time passed and I realized
That they were foolish words
Because he never lied to himself
Time passed, he has returned
He brings tired eyes now
But he achieved his dreams
And with his hair on his shoulders
He slipped away
One day from all that oppression
A thousand stories were told
About that man who left
Ignoring what they'll say
Not caring about the reason
A thousand stories were told
About that man who left
Ignoring what they'll say
Not caring about the reason
Hey!
A thousand stories were told
About that man who left
Ignoring what they'll say
Not caring about the reason
A thousand stories were told
About that man who left
Ignoring what they'll say
Not caring about the reason
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SONG MEANING

Imagine a teenage rebel with a guitar on his back and the wind in his hair. That is the hero of “Todo Hombre Es Una Historia,” a song where Juanes celebrates anyone brave enough to leave the gossip, labels, and small-town limits behind. The lyrics tell us about a neighborhood boy who never quite fit in: people mocked his shoulder-length hair and dismissed his wild dream of flying through music. One day he simply walks away, escaping the “opresión” that tried to clip his wings. Rumors swirl after he is gone, but the young dreamer keeps marching forward, guided by the beat in his heart rather than the whispers in the street.

Years later he returns, eyes tired yet shining with the pride of dreams fulfilled. His journey proves the song’s core message: every man is a story, and only the storyteller himself can decide if it ends in regret or triumph. Juanes turns this narrative into an anthem of individuality, resilience, and artistic freedom, inviting listeners to ignore the “qué dirán,” chase their own passions, and come back home with a life worth singing about.

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