Bodo to English:
अलिव-सोमखोर गाबनि शिफ'न सारि गान्नायजों, आं बिथांजोखौ सान्नाय बायदि, फात्माखौ बेगम बायदि नुथारदोंमोन।
Clad in an olive-green chiffon saree, Fatma looked every bit the begum I'd imagined her to be.