Charles Ellicott Commentary Song Of Solomon 7:2

"Thy body is [like] a round goblet, [Wherein] no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is [like] a heap of wheat Set about with lilies." — Song Of Solomon 7:2 (ASV)

Heap of wheat surrounded by lilies. — Wetstein (quoted by Delitzsch in his Appendix) remarks that in Syria the colour of wheat is regarded as the most beautiful colour the human body can have. After remarking on the custom of decorating the heaps of winnowed corn with flowers as a token of the joy of harvest, he says: "The appearance of such heaps of wheat, which one may see in long parallel rows on the threshing floors of a village, is very pleasing to a peasant; and the comparison of the Song (Song of Solomon 7:5) every Arabian will regard as beautiful."