Can you translate this italian riddle?

Question

http://forum.lol.garena.com/showthread.php?8900-Riven

The link brings you to the image with the riddle.

I did try using google translate but i'm afraid that it's probably a little off since i have no clue about the punctuations etc.

Here's what i got:
thou shalt abandon everything most dearly beloved, and this and that arrow that UARC-of banishment shoots forth thou shalt have proof how salt the bread of others and how hard a road, and ascend and descend the stairs to ualtrui

Ermmmm yup, mediocre translation.

So can you guys help? Thanks in advance.

Nemo · Accepted Answer

Hello, it's an extract from the Divine Comedy, Paradiso, canto XVII, verses 55-60: (and thus it's not written in current Italian)

55. Tu lascerai ogne cosa diletta = 'You shall leave behind all you most dearly love,
56. più caramente; e questo è quello strale = and that shall be the arrow
57. che l'arco de lo essilio pria saetta. = first loosed from exile's bow.
58. Tu proverai sì come sa di sale = 'You shall learn how salt is the taste
59. lo pane altrui, e come è duro calle = of another man's bread and how hard is the way,
60. Io scendere e 'l salir per l'altrui scale. = going down and then up another man's stairs

Hope this helps....Ciao!

Moon · Answer

Of course Google doesn't give you a correct translation, that's old italian, we study it at school and we, italian mother tongues, have difficulty to understand that. I studied Dante a few years ago .

however, i think that Nemo's translation is right. Ciao !

Anonymous · Answer

the 1st one is nearly a winding clock or regardless of.. "speaks a lie then sees the well-being care provider" like chimes on the incorrect time after that's fastened... i don't comprehend the 2d regardless of the undeniable fact that..

Danny Phantom · Answer

use google translate

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