Owen

[upper quest]

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[glacial bone]

It's ne ... que with "que le bruit des rameurs"

We will hear from afar, on the waves and in the skies, only the noise of the rowers who strike in cadence

[orchid adder]

ahh thank you

[halcyon lagoon]

He is quoting Lamartine's poem "Le Lac".

And yes, we have ne... que here. While all the other negation particles are near ne, que can be kilometers away from it.

Here's the poem in question: https://www.bonjourpoesie.fr/lesgrandsclassiques/poemes/alphonse_de_lamartine/le_lac
The only difference is, Haddock used les instead of tes. Oh, and "dans" instead of "sous".

[glacial bone]

"sous les cieux" in the original as well

[halcyon lagoon]

Yep.

[glacial bone]

Ah sorry you added that 🙂

[halcyon lagoon]

No biggie.