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я бы перевела так:

он лег на спину, подставив лицо под солнечные лучи; рядом журчал бегущий ручей.

но без контекста сложно сказать точно

Контекст:

He came to lying on his back with sunlight pouring down into his face and the murmur of running water close by. There was a brilliant ache in his optic nerve, and a steady, painless throbbing at the base of his skull—the distant thunder of an approaching migraine. He rolled onto his side and pushed up into a sitting position, tucking his head between his knees. Sensed the instability of the world long before he opened his eyes, like its axis had been cut loose to teeter. His first deep breath felt like someone driving a steel wedge between the ribs high on his left side, but he groaned through the pain and forced his eyes to open. His left eye must have been badly swollen, because it seemed like he was staring through a slit.

Получается он пришел в себя лежа на спине?

Sensed the instability of the world long before he opened his eyes, like its axis had been cut loose to teeter.
cherrymood1987 – жалко чувака, у меня тут получилось –
« даже не открывая глаз он чувствовал нестабильность мира, будто оставленного без координат »
или что-то типа того))