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27 lines
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# General Information:
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The young woman's lover continues describing the one he loves.
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# Your navel is like a round bowl
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The spot on the stomach left from the cord that attaches a baby to its mother
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# may it never lack mixed wine
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"may it always contain mixed wine" or "may I always enjoy its beauty"
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# Your belly is like a mound of wheat encircled with lilies
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The Israelites thought mounds of wheat and lilies were pleasant to look at. Much wheat was a sign that there would be much food to eat. This simile combines beautiful sights that people would not usually see at the same time.
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# Your belly is like a mound of wheat
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"Your belly has a beautiful color and is round like a pile of wheat"
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# a mound of wheat
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This is a pile of the grains of wheat after people remove the parts of it that they do not use.
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# encircled with lilies
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"with lilies all around it". Sweet-smelling flowers that grow in places where there is much water. |