TAMAM SHUD

tamám shud, meaning "is over" or "is finished"

Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
that Youth's sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
The Nightinggale that in the Branches sang,
Ah, whence, and whither flown again, who knows!

Ah, Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits - and then
Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!

Ah, Moon of my Delight who know'st no wane,
The moon of Heav'n is rising once again:
How oft hereafter rising shall she look
Through this same Garden after me - in vain!

And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass
Among the Guests Star-scatter'd on The Grass,
And in Thy joyous Errand reach the Spot
Where I made one-turn down an empty glass.

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To find out more about , TAMÁM SHUD (تمام شد) you could take a look at the final page of a copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, authored in the 12th-century,which seems to be the first mention we can find for this expression. This would explain the odd name and the Farsi langage in the title.

However, I suspect it will be easier for anyone wanting to dive down this particular rabbit hole, start by reading this Wikipedia article which tells why this phrase has become so well known and so often talked about in the recent decades since 1948. No, not the Australian Rock band formed in 1964, lets not get caught up in that tangent just now.

Such an amazing time in human history and evolution that we are living in when an unidentified dead guy on a beach can have such a huge impact on everyone who hears the story. Interesting too that now, nearly 80 years later with claims that the mystery is solved, and others debunking everything no matter how feasible and science based the evidence seems to be, this mystery only ever seems to deepen.