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The young woman's lover continues describing the one he loves.
Your navel is like a round bowl
The woman's navel is perfectly shaped like a bowl. AT: "Your belly button is shaped perfectly like a round bowl." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
navel
the indented spot on the stomach, which is the scar left from the cord that attached a baby to its mother
may it never lack mixed wine
People used large bowls to mix wine with water or snow for a feast. People enjoyed the taste of wine at a feast. AT: "may I always enjoy its beauty" or "may people always rejoice in its beauty." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)
Your belly is like a mound of wheat
People thought that the color of wheat was the most beautiful color of skin and that the round piles of wheat were beautiful. AT: "Your belly has a beautiful color and is round like a pile of wheat."
a mound of wheat
This is a pile of the grains of wheat after people thresh and winnow the wheat.
encircled with lilies
The beautiful flowers make the pile of wheat seem even more beautiful. AT: "that has lilies all around it." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
lilies
a type of large flowers