It was heartrending [enough to break my heart].
私は胸を裂かれる思いをした. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
ラビンの孫娘の悲痛な言葉 - 日本語WordNet
When his wife died he was full of heartrending grief. 妻を亡くして彼は身も世もないほどに悲しんだ。 - Tatoeba例文
the state or quality of being heartrending 胸がしめつけられるような気持ちであること - EDR日英対訳辞書
the degree to which something is heartrending 胸がしめつけられるような気持ちの程度 - EDR日英対訳辞書
the condition of having a heartrending emotion
胸がしめつけられるような気持ちであるさま - EDR日英対訳辞書
He turned a deaf ear to the people's heartrending cries for more freedom.
自由を求める民衆の悲痛な叫びにも彼は耳を貸そうとはしなかった. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
Furumaya Tomoyuki wrote the script and directed this funny but heartrending movie about four underachievers struggling to win Robocon.
チームは,技術とチームワーク,そして独創性をお互いに競い合う。 - 浜島書店 Catch a Wave
When many samurai (warriors) smashed the doors and broke into the imperial palace under the command of Kebiishi (police and judicial chief), chugu was so humiliated and abased that she cut off her hair to become a nun and those around her wailed so piteously and loudly as to cause heartrending grief in the hearts of the onlookers.
検非違使率いる武士どもが戸を壊し御所に乱入した後、中宮は屈辱に耐えられず自ら落飾、一同の悲泣の声は多数の見物人が聞くに忍びなかったという。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス