Concerning the universe, the city of God, 
we know very little.
It was cooked for a long time
over a low flame.

Now, according to some idiots,
things are speeding up,
an acceleration that seems almost
a prelude to total extinction.

Perhaps thought itself will survive
without the one doing the thinking.
What’s left is sheer absurdity,
the black hole, the Encyclopedia
of zero.

                                                            Translation by George Bradley