<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>

.text {
  position: absolute;
  top: 100px;
  left: 45px;
  height: 400px;
  width: 400px;
}

.thing {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 512px;
  height: 512px;
  background: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg width="512" height="200" viewBox="0 0 512 512" fill="black" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><text x="0" y="400" font-size="100">some text</text></svg>');
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 100% 100%;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class='text'>
<div class="thing"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>