.overlapping-element {
  margin-bottom: calc(var(--line-height-em)*3);
}

.overlapping-element__text {
  margin-top: calc(var(--line-height-em)*3);
}

.overlapping-element__text::before {
  width: 200px;
  left: calc(-.75 * 200px);        /* 75% of width */
}