YOU SAID:
The sun woke as the night went away.
INTO JAPANESE
夜が明けると太陽が目覚めた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
When dawn broke, the sun awoke.
INTO JAPANESE
夜が明けると太陽が目覚めました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
When dawn broke, the sun awoke.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.