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A la vila de Sant Feliu hi havia un campaner anomenat Quim.
In the town of Sant Feliu there was a bell ringer called Quim.
Tocava les campanes a mà des dels catorze anys.
He had been ringing the bells by hand since he was fourteen.
Cada toc tenia un significat que tothom entenia.
Each touch had a meaning that everyone understood.
Un toc per la missa, un altre per la mort, un altre per la festa.
A touch for mass, another for death, another for the feast.
Quan van instal·lar un motor elèctric, el van jubilar.
When they installed an electric motor, they retired it.
Les campanes sonaven igual de fort però ningú no les escoltava.
The bells rang just as loudly but no one heard them.
Al cap de dos anys el poble va demanar que tornés.
After two years the people asked him to return.
Quim va pujar al campanar un diumenge de març.
Quim went up to the bell tower on a Sunday in March.