Language/translation question

[TomFrazier]

Hello all,
I want to get my first Tattoo in Japanese lettering... The tattoo I want to get are the words or symbols for "Broken Heart" because my heart is broken...

When I Google Broken Heart I get these symbols 失恋 But when I Google the word broken and heart separately I get 壊れた and ハート respectively... What does each symbol mean in 失恋 and why is it different from the individual words?

Thank you so much...

 

[Mike Cash]

You figuring on your heart being broken as long as that tattoo is going to last?

 

[nice gaijin]

Shitsuren is heartbreak and literally means "lost love," but I would recommend against this as a tattoo, and instead contemplating the fleeting nature of all things, which are only temporary. And get a cool dragon or something instead.