Nikki Giovanni - My First Memory (of Librarians) [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

This is my first memory:
A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky
Wood floor
A line of green shades—bankers’ lights—down the center
Heavy oak chairs that were too low or maybe I was simply
Too short
For me to sit in and read
So my first book was always big

In the foyer up four steps a semi-circle desk presided
To the left side the card catalogue
On the right newspapers draped over what looked like
A quilt rack
Magazines face out from the wall

The welcoming smile of my librarian
The anticipation in my heart
All those books—another world—just waiting
At my fingertips