<P> Sacontalá or The Fatal Ring, Sir William Jones' translation of Kālidāsa's play, was first published in Calcutta, followed by European republications in 1790, 1792 and 1796 . A German and a French version of Jones' translation were published in 1791 and 1803 respectively . Goethe published an epigram about Shakuntala in 1791, and in his Faust he adopted a theatrical convention from the prologue of Kālidāsa's play . Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel's plan to translate Shakuntala in German never materialised, but he did however publish a translation of the Mahabharata version of Shakuntala's story in 1808. Goethe's epigram goes like this: </P> <P> Wilt thou the blossoms of spring and the fruits that are later in season, </P> <P> Wilt thou have charms and delights, </P> <P> Wilt thou have strength and support, </P>

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