子供は子供だったころ

when I was a child

→ 子供

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when I was a child Literally, “when a child was a child”; this poetic phrasing uses 子供 as the topic where everyday Japanese would usually say 私が子供だったころ.

JA: 子供は子供だったころ、何でも不思議に思った。

EN: When I was a child, I found everything mysterious.

子供は子供だったころ腕をブラブラさせ小川は川になれ

When the child was a child, he swung his arms and wished for a brook to become a river.

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

子供は子供だったころいつも不思議だった－なぜ僕は僕で君でない？

When I was a child, I always wondered: why am I me and not you?

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

子供は子供だったころ一度よその家で目覚めた今はいつもだ

When he was a child, he once woke up in someone else’s house. Now he always does.

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

子供は子供だったころいつも不思議だったなぜ私は私であなたでない？

As a child, I always wondered: why am I me and not you?

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

子供は子供だったころ自分が子供とは知らずすべてに魂があり

When the child was a child, he didn't know he was a child, and everything had a soul.

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

子供は子供だったころブルーベリーがいっぱい降ってきた

When the child was young, lots of blueberries fell from the sky.

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)