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This has been brought up before, and as I explained in the past, there's no reason to translate it that way. To break down the title, "Bariizooru no kodomo" means "Barisol's Child". It does not mean "Barisol's Children". "Kodomo" can be used as a plural, but generally when that's the intended interpretation a "tachi" will be affixed to the end (not to say it's completely out of the realm of possibility but that's my stance). In addition, the next part, "Hitorikko", means "single child". There is nothing in the title suggesting that it is meant to be in past tense as your friend is stating. It is, simply, "Barisol's Child is an Only Child". To say "Barisol's Children Were an Only Child" is grammatically awkward in terms of pluralization and singulars and contradictory.

It would be erroneous to call Levia and Behemo, together, "Barisol's Children". They are not Barisol's children, plural. They are, technically, single children, born of two different mothers who are both named Barisol. Thus, while there are two of them, each would be "Barisol's Child". It's a play on the jump between alternate realities. They are "Barisol's Only Child". But they are two different versions of that child.

As for other languages, they are not official sources. I don't know Spanish or Brazilian Portugese, and thus I can't speak for why they made their decision, but simply put, while changing the title would make it less confusing grammatically in the end of the song, it does so in a way that oversimplifies what Levia and Behemo are to each other. It also does so in a way that spoils the "reveal" of sorts in the song--we were meant, at first, to think it was about one child. Then we discover it's really about two--two who are, really, the same person but from different worlds. To put "children" in the title makes this explicit from the beginning.