Introduction: the article is part of a complex of studies of the poetic picture of the world of a literary text. The paper actualizes the understanding of concepts in Mansi literature on the example of S. S. Dinislamova's lyrics.Objective: to identify and analyze individual author's ways of representation of the concept of happiness in the creative work of the Mansi writer S. S. Dinislamova.Research materials: lyrical works of the book "My Quiet Happiness". Results and novelty of the research: for the first time, the article analyzes the individual author's poetic picture of the world of S. S. Dinislamova's lyrics. Attention is focused on the concept of happiness as the central in the book "My Quiet Happiness". In addition, the analysis of the concept undertaken in the article appeals to the problem of rethinking happiness as a dynamic category formed in the poet's artistic thinking. The woman understanding of happiness is presented in the studied texts in emotional and ontological contexts. Contextual synonyms of happiness in the lyrics of the Mansi poet are joy, love, luck, well-being, caring for the family. Happiness harmonizes the surrounding space, is positioned as a source of spiritual strength of a lyrical heroine. Through it, the world is perceived emotionally, visually and audibly. The opposition << happiness - loneliness >> found in the texts coincides in meaning with the opposition << love - betrayal >>. The symbols of the window, the sun, and the bird woman complement the general semantics of the concept of happiness. The concept of happiness in the lyrical heritage of S.S. Dinislamova approaches the concept of love.
