Godā Stuti, 5

asmādṛśām apakṛtau cira-dīkṣitānāṃ
ahnāya Devi dayate yad asau Mukundaḥ |
tan niścitaṃ niyamitas tava mauḷi-dāmnā
tantrī-nināda-madhuraiś ca girāṃ nigumbhaiḥ || 5 ||



 O Lady,

That Mukunda immediately feels compassion
for those like us,
        long consecrated to misdeeds,

is surely because 
He is restrained 
by
        Your crown of flowers,
        the melodious sounds of Your stringed vīṇā
        and the garlands of Your words!


Notes
A refreshingly straight-forward verse! The only wrinkle was that I could not find the word nigumbha in the dictionary, but like Brain Snacks, I found the root √guph that means "to put string or weave together, tie, wind round;" according to Apte. This accords with the Tamil descriptions of Godā / Āṇṭāḷ as offering a pāmālai or a "garland of metered verse" to the Lord of Śrīraṅgam.

The choice "long-consecrated" requires some explanation, for it reads rather strangely in English. It is a literal translation of cira-dīkṣit[ānām]. A dīkṣita is someone who has been consecrated for the purpose of performing a ceremony, often a Vedic ritual. This involves preparing oneself physically, mentally, and ritually for carrying out the ceremony, and requires the person to make a mental vow or statement of intent, a saṅkalpa (akin to the irāda that is essential in fiqh). In this case, "those who are like us" are consecrated to apakṛti, actions that are physically, mentally, and ritually harmful. This is a much stronger statement than merely saying that "those who are like us" commit wrong actions or mistakes; it says that these actions are knowingly, willingly committed. The point is that Godā's mercy prompts Her to persuade the Lord to forgive people who are this fallen, the lowest of the low.