كَأَنَّas though أَيْدِيهِنَّtheir forelegs بِالقاعon the plain القَرَقْsmooth and level
كَأَنَّ أَيْدِيهِنَّ بِالقاع القَرَقْ
أَيْدِيhands of جَوارٍmaidens يَتَعاطَيْنَthey pass to one another الوَرَقْthe silver coins
أَيْدِي جَوارٍ يَتَعاطَيْنَ الوَرَقْ
As though their forelegs on the smooth plain
Their hands in the meadow as if they played cards,
Were the hands of maidens passing silver coins to one another.
The hands of fair maidens flipping those cards.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.