> 本当のことはわからず **じまい** かもしれん  
>  we may never know the truth ??

I haven't the faintest idea what this じまい is.

My best guess was that it's a contraction of でしまい (from で + しまう) to give
わからずじまい = "end up not knowing". However, I have two problems with this theory:
1) かもしれない goes on the dictionary form of a verb, not the masu-stem; 2) I don't
really understand how ず (which I'm assuming is negation) interacts with other
grammar, but I see no place for で in the first place. I'm stumped.
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Meaning of じまい in わからずじまいかもしれん